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:it th.-.-ii'l. whftva- in tin- forim-r they are of a iliaiiininl lik-' form 'I'll.- color of tin- Itork 

 Dog-fi>li U i-rowni-h gray altoM'. without tin- red tinge of tin- littlr >\x ti-h. ami covered rather 

 sparingly with larg* patch** of blarkMi I.KAMI H,-|,,w it i- whiii-li Tl.,- 1,-mrth of a fine 

 .|H-cim,-u will Nniin-tiiiii-> ! m-nrl\ a yanl. 



sjMM-i,* ,,! !>,,_- H-h. namely, th- Hi \. K M.H HIM. I i I-H. or ill.- \-'.\ i i> 



. I'rixfiilni -us imtiin ; >st,,iii //.,. i-, nu-nt ioiit<d by Mr. \ itnong th- li-t of Kuro|ean 



It ma\ In- at once distiiik'tiishi-il fi-oin citii,-r of the |uiN->diiig s]H-ci,-> l>\ its large snout, 

 and n row of Mnall. Hat. and sharp-edged prirkles. arrangeil in saw-like fashion on th<- ii|.]-r 

 rim of the tail tin. The generic title PriMiduru-. or Saw-tail, IB given i.. the fish in allusion 

 to this ]K-.-iiliarit % - . 



Its color is light l>n.wn on the II]>|M-I- surface, sprinkled with .sjKits. th.- -mailer of which 

 are scattered invgularh. and the larg-r arranp-d in four rows, t wo on each side. 

 Ita length is U-tw.^-n two and tin.-.- fe't. 



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ROCK DOO-riBH. mim 



Hi,- Dog-fish family inrludes six or more genera. The -|--.i,s number fifteen, rather 

 small sharks, chiefly of th Atlantic. Tli,- Black Dog-fishes are represf>nt-d l>\ on,- sjM-<'i,-.s. 

 IOIIIK! lat.-ly JT <Jlo . \fa8sarhnsetts, by the naturalists of the United States Fisher}' 



Commission. It is a native in the Greenland 



THE COMMON DO^-KISH, ,, r l'i< KH. or PIKED 1 n-ii : also called BONE-DOG, from 



its potent bony weapons; also SKITTLE-DOO, and HOI. Its range in tin- Atlantic is very 

 wi.l,-. tn-ing very abundant on th<- shon- of th- North, -rn and Mi.lill,- States. Its oil. from tlu- 

 liv.-r. ix ].rizi>d, ami it forms an important it.-m of comimTc,> among the fishermen. 



