14 DE PISCIBUS PER BRANCHIAS 



IV. RHINA. 



1. Kbina: fivcSqvafinn onmiiim autorum. Sqvalus pinnn ani ca- 



rciis , ore iii ;ipicc capitis , Artcdi. Kingnonc Anouymi , 

 Dc(cript. ofloinc curious and uncommon crciiciacs omittcd 

 iii thcDelcriptioii of threc hundred Animnls &c. Londonijj^ 

 p. ^y y ibi figur;i maris. Foeminx llipin.-e &prona:, exmu- 

 "^^^y^ jeo olimnolh-o, fiiiur;is vid. in Tab II.f.f.6', cauda in iii- 



■^•"* periori pjirte bipcnni ; caret fcininn appendicibus, qwx m 



niaribus mcntula? liint, prout in rajis. .^rmfoj ncgat pin- 

 nam ani, qvam Willughhcjus& reUqviautores pilci tribuunt: 

 ille : „iiifcrius pinnarum par circa exitum excrcmento- 

 „rum fitum obtinens,,; per medium dorli habet lineam 

 alpcram , prout intcgrum corium adeo afpcrum e(\ , ut illo 

 alpcra Ugna & cburna poliantur ; Kavtf. Lih. 7. c. 4/. The 

 Skiii of rhe Back is very rough , Ib as to polishwood orlvo- 

 ry, Anonym.all.loco. Exilio corio Turcac & aline gcntcs eii- 

 fiuin vaginasconficiunt, qvas lagrinas, von Chagrin., vocant 

 WilJugh. p. go. Ad hominis aUqvando magnitudincm pifcis 

 excrei(:it : Some times Weighing a Houndred and fixty 

 pound. iiHf;/)////. //'. conferatur Wilhigbb.Jig.Tab. D.j.cum 

 noHra , ilii antefcrenda. 



2. Rhina pcdata qvafi; cauda in fuperiori parte tripenni. Mer- 



moid of the Siren Anonymi citati p. ^j. Rhina appendici- 

 bus ad ortuin caudae pedes mentientibus ; with imali Feet. 

 The Fin oneachSchoulder in Shape lamethinglikethe wings 

 of a Cherubim ; the fkin of the Back was rough, and of a 

 dark - colour; the JMouth large and placed at the very cx- 

 tremity of the Head &c. vid. ulteriorem defcriptioncm &fi- 

 guras pifcis proni & ILipini ibid. Autor hunc pircem pro.W- 

 rcne Antiqvorum agnofcit; qvi anno 1737, inenfe icptem- 

 bri captus & Londini cxpofitus fuit ; lcd vereor, ne lucri 

 caula mentuls diftortx & in pedum fimulacra, ope filiferrci 

 vclsnei, efformatac fuerint ; adeo hujus pifcis defcriptio 

 convenit cum praccedenti; ni(i qvodtres piunas in cauda, & 

 qvafi pedes habeat. 



AD LATERA PINNATA 



SPIRACULO UNICO. 



§. xn. 



In qvibusdam fi.int pinnac lateralcs vel binae aUae fub gutture (fecun- 

 dum WillughbejumJ talpa: pedibus fimiles, uiide apparet (qvicqvidcavilla- 



tur 



