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SMALL SPOTTED DOG-FISH, OK KOUGH 



HOUND. 



(Squalus catiilus. Catidus minor. ScyUium canicula. 



ScylUum catidus.) 



Local names : Huss, Bobin Huss, Rough-hound, Roiv-hound, 

 Spotted Shark, Morgay, Lesser Spotted Dog-fish. German : 

 Ber Hundshai, Seehundchen. Dutch : Hondshai. French : 

 Bousette. 



This fish is oviparous. 



BLACK-MOUTHED DOG-FISH. 



[Scylliinn melanostomiim.) 



DOG-FISH IN GENEEAL. 



When at Folkestone I learned much about Dog-fish, and 

 now quote from my " Curiosities of Natural History " : — 



Most of the fishermen's houses in Folkestone har- 

 bour are adorned with festoons of fish hung out to dry. 

 There was no head, tail, or fins to them, and I could not 

 make out their nature. The rough skin on their reverse 

 side told me at once that they were a species of dog-fish. 

 I asked what they were? "Folkestone beef," was the 

 reply. What sort of fish is this ? "That's a Piig ; " 

 and this ? " that's a Huss ; " and this other ? " that ! a 

 ' Bull Huss ; ' " " that's a ' Fiddler ; ' " and this bone ? 

 '' that's the 'jaw of Uncle Owl,' " &c., &c. 



Here then was a new nomenclature, which I cleared 

 up with the following result : — 



A " rig" is the " common tope " (Yarrell) ; a " bastard 



rig" is the "smooth hound" (Yarrell); the "huss, or 



obin huss," is the small spotted dog-fish ; the " bull 



