m FISHES. CARTILAGINEI. 37. Squalus. 



than the body, obtufe, with 2 fins near the end, and feveral clavate 

 fpines besides the claw-like-ones : ventra\-Jins pointed, 3-rayed ; 

 anal rounded, 6-rayed. 



140. R. Pastinaca. Yellowish-olive, smooth: tail slen- 

 der, pointed, without fin, armed near the middle with 

 a long spine serrate hoth sides. 



Sting Ray, Fire-flaire. fir. ZooL iii. p. 95. Donovan t. gg, 



Body about 3 feet long, a little gibbous on the back, mucous, paler 

 near the sides: head short, pointed: iris white : teetk granulate: 

 back fomet imes armed with a ferrate fpine : ventral-fins none ; the 

 pectoral-ones rather rounded: spine on the tail very long, fiat, sharp, 

 ferrate in a reverfed direction. 



37. SQUALUS. Shark. 

 A. With orifices on the temple, and anal-fin. 



141. Sq. Canicula. Rufous-grey, with dusky ocellafe 

 spots : nostrils surrounded with a lobe and vermiform 

 appendage : ventral-mis distinct. 



Spotted Dog-fish. Br. ZooL iii. t. 15. Shaw v. /. 152. 



Body 3 or 4 feet long, white beneath : head fmall, rather pointed : 

 tye-s oblong, pupil fea-green: iris white : nostrils covered with a 

 large angular flap : mouth wide, oblong, with 4 rows of teeth : 

 donal-jins placed much behind, the fecond opposite the tail i tail 

 narrow, obliquely truncate. 



2. Lobes of the nostrils double. Edwards Glean, t. 289. 



Body with larger and fewer fpols:fnout rather longer: tails. 

 little shorter ; dorsal-jins equal. 



142. 8q. Catulus. Reddish-grey, with numerous small 

 dusky spots : nostrils surrounded with a lobe and 

 vermiform appendage : ventral-fins united. 



Lesser f potted Dog-fish. Br. ZooL iii. t. 15. Donov. t. 55. 



Body about 2 feet long, white underneath : liead large, rather ob- 

 tufe in front : eyes oblong, pupil black, iris white ; teeth in 4 rows, 

 ferrate, tricufpidate, curved inwards : dorsal-fins placed far behind : 

 tail fmall, slightly lunate, oblique. 



143. Sq. Galeus. Cinereous, paler beneath: nose long, 

 flat, pointed : teeth nearly triangular, serrate on the 

 inner- edge. 



Tope. lonst. pise. t. 8./. 4. Will. icth. t. R. 6.f. i. 



Body about 3 feet long or more : nofe fcmitranfparent beyond the 

 nostrils : nostrils near the mouth, partly covered by a flap: tnnporal- 

 orifices very fmall : teeth fmall, numerous, in 3 rows : vent beforq 

 the middle of the body : tail large, a-lobed. 



144. Sq. Mustelus. Brownish, beneath whitish: teeth 

 sm iH, numerous, obtuse : pectoral-fins smaller than 

 the dorsal, pointed. 



Smooth Hound. Br. Zeo\. iii. t. 16. Shaw v. r. 153. 



Body about 2 feet long, slender, fometimes varied with white 

 fpots, silvery beneath r head lengthened, a little sharpened, covered 

 with mucous pores : first dorfal-fin large, nearly triangular, placed 

 near the middle of the back.; fccond twice as large as the anal 

 which is fquare : ventral and anal-fins very fmall: tail forked, one 

 of the lobes twice as long and slightly lunate. 



145. Sq. Tafpes. Lead-colour, beneath whitish: head 

 short, conic: upper-lobe of the tail as long as the 

 bo;ly. 



Long-tailed Sharl", Sea-fox. Pr. ZooL iii. tab. 14. 



Body including the tail 13 feet long, co\ered with minute fcales : 



