APPENDIX. 



No. 1. (See Frontispiece.) 



Callorhynckus Antartica. Southern Chimaera. 

 (Elephant Fish.) 



This fish is a native of the Southern Ocean, where 

 it generally inhabits the deepest recesses, and seldom 

 approaches the shore, except during the breeding 

 season. It is said to swim chiefly by night, and to 

 prey upon the young of herrings, cod, and other 

 smaller fishes ; also on various sorts of mollusca and 

 testacea. 



Its general length is from two and a half to four 

 feet. 



Each jaw is furnished with a pair of broad, bony, 

 laminae, notched at the margin into a resemblance of 

 numerous teeth, while in front, both above and be 

 low, stand two large semicircular, flattish, cutting 

 teeth. The upper lip is extended into a lengthened 

 cartilaginous flap, or appendage, bending downwards 



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