LIST OF BRITISH FISHES. 



Order VI Plectognathi. 



Family Gymnodontida. 

 Pennant's Globe-fish. Tetradon Pennantii. 



The Short Sun-fish. Orthagoriscus niola. 



Tlie Oblong Sun-fish. O. oblongus. 



Family Salistidce. 

 The European File-fisii. Balistes capriscus. 



SECOND GREAT SERIES, CALLED 



CHONDROPTERYGII, OR CARTILAGINOUS 

 FISHES. 



Order I. — Branchiae fuee. 



Family Sturionidce. 

 The Common Sturgeon. Acipenser sturio. 



Family Chimaridcc. 

 The Northern Chimaera. Chimaera monstrosa. 



Order II. — Branchiae fixed. 



Family Squalida. 

 The Small-spotted Dog-Fish. Scyllium canicula. 

 TheLarge-spottedDog-Fish. Sc. catulus. 



The Black-mouthed Dog- ( g^_ melanostomum . 



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The White Shark. Carcharias vulgaris. 



The Fox Shark. C. vulpes. 



The Blue Shark. C. glaucus. 



The Porbeagle. 

 The Beaumaris Shark. 

 The Common Tope. 

 The Smooth Hound. 

 The Basking Shark. 

 The Picked Dog-fish. 

 The Greenland Shark. 

 The Hammer Head. 

 The Ansel-fish. 



Lamna cornubicus. 

 L. monensis. 



Galeus vulgaris. 

 Mustelus la;vis. 

 Selachus maximus. 

 Spinax acanthias. 

 Scymnus borealis. 

 Zygacna malleus ? 

 Squatina angel us. 



Family Raiidm. 



The Electric Ray. 

 The Long-nosed Skate. 

 The Skate. 



The Sharp- nosed Ray. 

 The Bordered Ray. 

 The Homelyn Ray. 

 The Small-eyed Raj-. 

 The Thorn Back. 

 The Starry Ray. 

 The Sting Hay. 

 The Eagle Ray. 



Torpedo vulgaris. 

 Raia chagrinea. 

 R. batis. 

 R. oxyrhynchus. 

 R. marginata. 

 R. maculata. 

 R. microcellata. 

 R. clavata. 

 R. radiata. 

 Trygon pastinacea. 

 Myliobatis aquila. 



Family Petromyzida. 



The Lamprey. 

 The Lampern. 

 The Fringed-lipped 



Lampern. 

 The Pride. 

 The Myxine. 

 The Lancelet. 



Petromyzon marinus. 

 P. fluviatilis. 



P. Planeri. 



Ammocaetes branchialis. 

 Gastrobranchus caecus. 

 Amphioxus lanceolatus. 



