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FISHING IN AMERICAN WATERS. 



tic coast of North America ; but recently a few turbot have 

 been taken off the coast of New Brunswick, and it is thought 

 their feeding-grounds will yet be found along our shores. 



THIRD CLASS OF FISHES. 



CARTILAGINOUS FISHES. (Chondropterygii.} 



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Scale of Feet. 



SHABKS. 1. Large-spotted Dog-fish, Scyllium catulus. 2. Tope, or Penny-dog, Gafeug 

 vulgaris. 3. Blue Shark (the most common shark on our coasts), Carcharius glau- 

 4. Porbeagle, Lamna cornubica. 5. Small-spotted Dog-fish, Scyllium canicula. 



6. Picked (or P 



igle, Lamna cornubica. 5. Small-spotted Dog-fish, Scyllium canicula. 

 iked) Dog-fish, Acanthias vulgaris. 7. Smooth Hound, Mustelus Icevis. 



Scale of Feet. 



STURGEON AND CHIM^KA FAMILIES. 1. Common Sturgeon of the Atlantic, Acipenser 

 sturio. 2. Northern Chimera, Chimcera monstrosa. 3. American Lake Sturgeon, 

 Acipenser rubicundus. 



