374 Analytical Synopsis of the Order of Squali. 



Rafinesqiie, in this classification, advanced in many respects 

 decidedly ahead of his predecessors, and the characters that he 

 has assigned to seven of the genera are mainly correct ; the 

 names of those so distinguished are indicated in italics. 



Of the other forms, his Carcharias taurus, which was the only 

 species at iii'st referred by him to the genus, and which must 

 consequently be regarded as its type, has spiracles ; as the sole 

 character which he considered as distinguishing the genus from 

 Galeitsi^ thus fallacious, and as it originated entirely from mis- 

 apprehension, the name should apparently not be accepted, as, 

 had it not been for that error, Rafinesque would have referred 

 the species to Galeus. The acceptance of Rafinesque's name 



