FISHES. 581 



partly over the pectorals ; the upper teeth three and the 

 lower ones five pointed. 



Gen. Scylliumj Guv. 



165. SCYLLIUM CANICULA, L. Sma Flackig Dogg Fisk. 



The Small-spotted Dog Fish. D. 

 Eeddish above; body thickly strewed with small 

 round dark brown spots; below white; nose blunt; 

 ventrals obliquely cut off, grown together in the male ; 

 nostrils joined to the mouth by a furrow; usual 

 length 2 ft. 



Is met with here and there, both in the Sound, Cattegat, 

 and North Sea. 



The large- spotted dog fish (S. cutilis, Mull.), which 

 closely resembles this species, but is larger the body covered 

 with large spots, and the nostrils not joined to the mouth 

 with a furrow is not met with here. 



166. S. ANNULATUM, Nilss. Kinglad Dogg Fisk. The Eyed 



Dog Fish. 



Body colour reddish grey, covered with lighter 

 rings ; nose tolerably long ; nostrils wide apart from 

 the mouth, which is inwardly black ; a row of serrated 

 teeth on the top of the tail. 



Is very rare in the Sound and Cattegat, more frequently 

 taken off the north-west coast of Norway, as far up as 

 Trondtheim. 



2. Sharks. 



The first dorsal placed far in front of the ventrals, the 

 second over the anal fin ; nose elongated ; teeth obliquely 

 triangular; in front convex, behind concave and serrated; tail 

 pointed with different shaped lobes; the hindermost gill 

 opening over the pectorals. 



Gen. Galeus } Guv. 



Tail pointed; teeth obliquely, three-cornered; finely 

 serrated on one edge. 



