BEAUMAR1S SHARK, 



387 



CHONDROPTERYGIL 



SQUALID&. 



THE BEAUMARIS SHARK. 



Lamna Monentis, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 389, note 2. 



Squalus Beaumaris Shark, SHAW, Gen. Zool. vol. v. pt. 2, p. 350. 



,, ,, ,, ,, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii.p. 254, pi. 20. 



,, ,, ,, ,, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 501, sp. 190. 



BARON CUVIER, in his Regne Animal, as above quoted, 

 considers the Monensis of Shaw and Pennant distinct from 

 the Cornubicus last described, on account of its shorter muz- 

 zle and sharper teeth ; to this may be added that the eye is 

 much larger, the pectoral and dorsal fins are placed farther 

 back on the body, and the bulk of the fish is greater in pro- 

 portion to its length. The editor of the last edition of Pen- 

 nanfs British Zoology, published in 1812, possessing at 

 that time the original drawing of the Rev. Hugh Davies of 

 Beaumaris, has borne testimony to the correctness of Pen- 

 nant's figure of this fish, which had been questioned ; and the 

 Beaumaris Shark is therefore considered, provisionally, as a 

 distinct species. 



Two specimens, the only examples known, having both 

 occurred on the Anglesey side of the Menai, confirm the 



