Ildl.iK'lCIMIAI.I. 



107!) 



ward (lirectiuii of tlic U])]ier IVont teeth, li\- ;i special upward ilireetion (if the lij) ni' the tail, the ii|)])er ])art 

 dermal a|i|>cnilaL;e at the tip (if the snout, and 1)\' tlie of the caudal fiii JK'iiig extremely small (hctei'ocereal). 



Genu.s chimera. 



Fri»>f tccili ill the upper jair of a reiiical or hut sliifhlli/ oIiI'kjiil- fonrard direelion : tip of the snout iritJioiit 



special ujijieiidiific : tiji of the tail jirolouf/nted straight hack, in a tine with the spinal coliniiii. the caiidul Jin 



iiiirroiriiiji hehiiid and heiiiij of about the same heii/ht and extent ahore as heloir. 



JM the Iliad (\'I, 179) HoMEK depicts the slaying 

 by IJelleroiihon of the JCt'uniQa, a tire-ljreathing mon- 

 ster shaped in front as a lion, behind as a dragon, in 

 the middle as a goat. In the seventeenth century 

 KkxTiMAX sent to Gesner a drawing of a fish from 

 Denmark which lie called Meeraff {Simia marina); and 

 when Lixx.F.us found the same kind of tish from Bo- 

 husliin in the Royal ^luseura at Ulriksdal, he called it 



finery, which they l)elie\e haw so displeased the great 

 God that He hath seen good to warn tliem witli signs 

 and wonders, which belief news-men, no less wise than 

 they, .speed the whole world through to the edification 

 of all"". Tiius the name oi' C'himcera was introduced 

 into ichthyology; and though the monstrosity formerly 

 seen in the structure of the genus has disapjieared in 

 the light of modern researches into its relations to the 



Monheij-fish or Monster-fish {Chimtera). "Monster is 1 other Elasmobranchs, the life led by these fishes is still 



the name given to tliis fish, which is so unlike all 

 others and as it were a medley of all fishes. At certain 

 seasons when this strange fish dieth and is cast ashore, 

 the conunon people behold in him a miracle and ima- 

 gine that they see laces, points, topknots, and other 



in great part a mystei-y to us. 



Three species are recognised within the geiuis, 

 one from the west coast of North America, one from 

 the North Atlantic and flapan, one from the coast of 

 Portuiral. 



THE NORTHERN CHIMERA (sw. iiai'musen). 

 CHLM.^KA I\I0XSTRO.SA. 



Plate XLVI, tigs. 2 arid 3. 



All the rertiral fins contiguous or nearlij so: the anal lohe distinct just in front of the het/inning of the loicer caudal 

 lobe and heloir the end of the second dorsal fin. Tip of the tail prolongated into a finless, n-hip-like appendage. 

 The tips of the pectoral fins, when laid hack, extend to the anterior margin of the ventral fins or still further. 

 Pterygopodia (posterior appendages of the centred fins) of the males forked throui/houf the greater part of their length. 



Si/u. Mecriijf (Simia inarimi) sec. Kentjiann in lilt. : Ges.n., De 

 Aquatilibus, p. 878 (fig. in p. 877). Gateua Acanttdas 

 Clusii Exoticus, Willughby (ed. Ray), p. .57. tali. B, 9, 

 fig. 0. fis-Galte, Str6m, Sondmcirs Beslcviv., Tom. I, p. 289. 

 Uliima'ra monstrosa, LiN., Miis. Ad. Frid., part. I, p. 53, 

 tab. XXV: ,S;/.it. Neil., ed. X. vol. I, p. 236; Fiia Siiec.,- 

 ed. 11, p. 197; GuN.v. (Hav-KaUen), Trondhj. SelsU. Skr., 

 vol. II, p. 270, (abb. V et VI; Olafs. {liavtmis), Rei!:e Is!., 

 pp. 300 el :>9H; Ascan. (Selvtiaaen, argenten), Icon. Rer. 

 Nat., fasc. II, p. 6, tab. XV; MuLi.., Prodr. Zool. Dan., 

 p. 38; Bi,., Naturg. Ausl. Fisch., part. I, p. 60, tab. CXXIV; 

 Lacep. {Chim. arctique), Hist. Nat. Poiss., torn. I, 392, tab. 

 19, fig. 1; Retz., Fna Stiec. Lin., p. 308; Do.vov., Brit. 

 Fisli.. lab. CXI; Risso, Ictithyol. Nice, p. 53; F.MNG, Brit. 

 Anim., p. 172; Faber, Fiscli. Isl., p. 41 (+ Otiim. cristata, 



\\. 4.5); NiLSS., Prodr. Ictithyol. Scand., p. 112; Vai.. in 

 Gaim., Voy. Isl., Groenl., tab. 20; Bonap., Iconogr. Fna Ilal.. 

 Pesci, tab. 130; Schlec. in SiEn., Fna Japan., p. 300, tab. 

 CXXXII; Ekstr., Gbg.s Vet., Vitt. Samh. Handl., Ny Tidsf., 

 vol. I (1850), p. 21; Co.srA, Fna Regn. Nap., Chim., tabb. 

 1 — 7; Kit., Damn. Fislc., vol. Ill, p. 784; NiLSS., SIcand. 

 Fna, Fi.-'k., p. 705; DOm., Hist. Nat. Poiss. (su. a Biff.), 

 tome I, p. 686; Gthr, Brit. Mns. Cat., Fish., vol. VIll, 

 p. 349; Coll., Forli. Vid. Selsk. Chrnia 1874, Tilla>gsb., 

 p. 206; Cederstb., 6fvers. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1876, No. 4, 

 p. 67; Malm, Gbgs, Boh. Fna, p. 605; Winth., Naturb. 

 Tid.skr. Kbhvn, ser. 3, vol. XII, p. 56; MoR., Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss. Fr., tome I, p. 455; Mela, Vert. Fenn., p. 363, tab. 

 X; Day, Fish. Gt. Brit., Irel., vol. II, p. 286, tab. CI.I; 

 LiLL.1., Sv., Norg. Fna, Fislc., vol. Ill, p. 511. 



" Mus. Ad. Frid., part. I, p. 54. 

 Sctmdhini'iiin Fishes. 



