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Fig. 36. Squdtiiiii au.^lrdli.^. 



Though chissed with the sharks, tlic ocneral features ally it rather with the 

 rays; tlu' l)r()a(l flattened body, the small dorsal fius and their haekward position, 

 the slender tail and eharaeler of the vei'tebrae, are all ray-like; the lateral 

 position of the gill-slits indicates affinities Avitli the sharks. It is, in faet, a 

 tj'ansitional form. 



SQUATINA TERGOCELLATA McCulloch (Large-spotted Angel Shark). 



ISquatina tcryuccLlaia MeC'ull., Endeavour lies., ii, 11)14, \>. 84, pi. xv, and text 

 fig. 2. 



Fiy-. ;'>7. SqiKiliiKi IcrgoccUaia. 

 Known from a single specimen, taken in the Great Australian Bight. 



