SYSTEMATIC LIST OF THE FAUNA. 



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Part III.— GENERAL LIST OF FISHES. 



Sub-Class— PALyEICHTHYES. 



Order— CHONDROPTERYGII. 



Sub-Order— PLAGIOSTOMATA. 



A. SELACHOIDEI— Sharks. 



Gen. I. Carcharias, Cuv* 



1. CARCHARIAS GIAUCUS, Cuv. 



The Blue Shark. 



Der blaue Hai. 



Prionodonte verdesca (//.). 



Vulg., Cagnizza, a term generally applied 

 to all large sharks, Cagna (Tr.). 



Cagnizza glauca (Tr.). 



Can, Pesce Can (generic terms). 



Can da denti, Can turchin (Vcn.). 



Croat., Pasnica. 

 Habit. General, but not common ; sp. from 



Dalmatia. 

 Season. Summer. 

 Quality, o ; flesh tough and inferior. 



2. CARCHARIAS MILBERTI, Bp. 



Prionodonte del Milbert (It). 

 Vulg., Cagnizza, (Tr.). 

 Cagnea, Caecchia (Vcn.). 

 Habit. General, very rare ; sp. caught at Trieste 

 and Venice. 



Gen. II. Galeus, Cuv. 



3. GALEUS CANIS, Bp. 



The Tope, Toper, Tope Shark, Common 

 Tope, Penny Dog, Miller's Dog. 



* Carcharias lamia and C.glyphis, (See'Nos. 351, 352.) 



Fam. I. Carchariid^e. 



Le Milandre. 



Der Hundshai, Die Meersau. 



Galeo cane (//.). 



Vulg., Can, Can da denti (Tr., Flume, 



Ven., Cattaro). 

 Can negro, Moretta (Ven.). 

 Croat., Pas (generic term), Pas riba, Pas 

 cerni, Pas sa zubi, Pas cernomanjast 

 (Croat, littoral). 

 Pas crni, Pas butor (Spalato). 

 Habit. Common all the year round, all over 

 the Adriatic ; chiefly in autumn ; sp. from 

 Trieste and Venice. 

 Quality. Flesh tough, and little eaten. 



Gen. III. Zvg.exa, Cuv. 

 4. ZYGAENA MALLEUS, Risso. 



The Hammer-headed Shark, Balance-fish. 



Zygene, Squale marteau. 



Der Hammerfisch, Hammerhai. 



Sfirna martello (//.). 



Vulg., Martello, Pesce martello (Tr., 



Fiu me, Vcn.). 

 Baile, Pesce Baile ( Ven. ). 

 Croat., Jaram, Joron, Jorona (Spalato). 

 Habit. Very rare ; sp. from Dalmatia, Quarnero, 



Venice. 

 Season. Summer. 



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