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in size. The upper and under teeth are alike in form. The root of 

 the teeth is divided by a middle hollow into two branches. The 

 second back-fin between the belly- fins and anal. Scales with three 

 keels, which end in three projecting denticles. 



Odontaspis, Agassiz, Fossil Fish. ii. 



Triglochis, Mull. 8f Henle, Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. 1838. Plagiost. 



73. Bonap. Selac. Tab. Anal. 8, 1838. 

 Carcharias, Rafin. Caratt. 10, 1810. (not Cuvier, 1817). 

 Galeorhiuus, sp., Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. 121, 1816. 



1. Odontaspis Taueus. Taurus Shark. 



Odontaspis Taurus, Mull. _V Herde, Play. 73. 

 Carcharias Taurus, Rafin. Caratt. 10. 

 "Trio-lochis Mullerii, Mull" Smith, MSS. 



Hab. — Mediterranean, Cape, Ocean. 



a. Stuffed. Cape Seas. From Dr. A. Smith's collection. 



b. Stuffed. Cape Seas. From the Zoological Society. 



2. Odontaspis fehox. Fierce Odontaspis. 



Squalus ferox, Risso, Ichth. 38. Hist. Nat. 122. Blainv. Faun. 



Fr.t. 

 Odontaspis ferox, A<)assiz, iii. t. G, f. 1. Bonap. Faun. Ilal. Fasc. 



26. Midi. $r Henle, Plug. 74. 

 Galeorhinus? ferox, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. 121, 1810. 



Hab.— Mediterranean. 



a. Jaws. ? 



b. Jaws. 



8. Snout short and conical ; very small spout-holes. The nostrils 

 small, a short flap on their upper edge. No labial cartilages. 

 The gill-opeuings are small, as in Carcharias, and the last one 

 stands over the breast-fin. The teeth are three-sided, flat, with 

 their cutting-edges not serrated, alike in the upper and underjaw ; 

 the fore ones straight, equilateral ; the others somewhat curved out- 

 wards. No middle teeth. A slight fold of skin, with a sharp cres- 

 centic edge behind the teeth of the upper-jaw. Second back-fin 

 and an anal opposite to each other, very small. The upper lobe of 

 the tail-fin very Ions:, with a little pit at the root. Small scales 

 with three prongs. Gut-valve spiral. — Alopeciana. 



Alopecia?, Mull. §• Henle, Plug. 



Alopiadini, part, Bonap. Selac. Tab. Anal. 9, 1838. 



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