iSo 



THE ADRIATIC GULF. 



Quality. Flesh tough, and oily taste ; only eaten 

 by the very poor. 



5. ZYG^ENA TUBES, Cuv. 



Sfirna tiburo (//.). 



Vulg., Pesce Pantofola ( Ven.). 



Intermediate sp. between Z. malleus and 



Z. tiburo (Heart-headed Shark) ; Bonap. 



doubts the validity of this sp. 

 Habit. Sp. from Venice ; very rare. 



Gen. IV. Mustelus, Cuv. 



6. MUSTELUS L& VIS, Risso. 



Mustelus equestris, Bp. 



Palombo nocciblo (//.). 



Vulg., Can, Cagnetto ( Ven.). 

 Habit. More southern sp. than M. vulgaris, and 

 rare in the north of the Adriatic ; ground fish. 

 Quality. Flesh fairly good (No. 3). 



7. MUSTELUS VULGARIS, M. & H. 



Mustelus plebejus, Bp. 



The Smooth Hound, Skate-toothed Shark, 



Stinkard, Ray-mouthed Dog. 

 Der Glatthai. 

 Palombo comune (//.). 

 Vulg., Pesce Can, Can bianco, Cagnetto 



(Tr., Fiume, Ven.). 

 Can macchia, Can pontisa. 

 Can senza denti (Ven.). 

 Croat., Pas, Pas bula? (Spalato). 

 Habit. General and common at all seasons ; sp. 



from Trieste, Venice, Quarnero, Spalato. 

 Quality. Flesh inferior and little valued. 



Fam. II. Lamnid^e. 



Gen. I. Lamna, Cuv. 



8. LAMNA CORNUBICA, Gm. 



Porbeagle, Beaumaris Shark. 

 Fouille-bceuf, Loutre, Taupe de mer, Squale 



Nez, Longnez. 

 Lamna smeriglio (It.). 

 Vulg., Cagnizza (Tr.). 



Cao da oglio, Cavo d'ojo ( Ven., Fiume). 

 Cagnia (Ven.). 

 Habit. Rare ; southern sp. 



9. LAMNA SPALLANZANII, Bonap. 



Der Nasenhai, Schnauzenhai. 



Ossirino dello Spallanzani (It.). 



Vulg., Cagnizza nasuta (Tr.). 



Cagnia ( Ven.). 

 Habit. Rare ; Dalmatian coast. 

 Season. In the autumn, 1880, five large sp. were 



caught in Dalmatia. 

 Quality. Flesh little or no value. 



Gen. II. Carcharodon, M. 6° H. 



10. CARCHARODON RONDELETII, 



M. & H. 

 The great Blue Shark. 

 Der Riesenhai, Menschenhai. 

 Carcarodonte del Rondelezio (//.). 

 Vulg., Cagnissa, Cagnissa vera(7>.), Cagnia 



(Ven.). 

 Croat., Pasnica, Pas zenska. Kucma 

 (Spalato). 

 Habit. Occasionally, but rarely, met with in the 

 Adriatic ; one was caught at Ustrine in Sep- 

 tember, 1879, measuring 5 '30 metres in 

 length, one of the largest which has been 

 caught in these waters. 

 Season. Summer. 

 Quality. Flesh uneatable. 



Gen. III. Odontaspis, Ag.* 

 n. ODONTASPIS FEROX, Risso. 



Triglochide feroce. 



Vulg., Cagnia, Can da denti (Ven.). 

 Habit. Quite accidental in the Adriatic. 

 Quality. Flesh uneatable. 



Gen. IV. Alopecias, M. & H. 

 12. ALOPIAS VULPES, Gm. 



The Fox Shark, Fox, Sea-Fox, 



the 



Odontaspis (aunts. (See No. 353. 



