Class 5. PISCES. 



Sub-class 1. PAL^ICHTHYES. 

 Order l. CHONDROPTERYGII. 



Sub-order PLAG10STOMATA. 



Division SELACHOIDEL 



Family CARCHARID-ffi. 



Carcharias glaucus (L.). Blue Shark, 



Several times taken in Orkney: in Hoy 1847 and 1884. J. G. 

 M.-H. 



Galeus canis, Bonap. Common Tope, 

 Kecorded from the Orkneys by W. Baikie. 



[Obs. Carcharias lamia. White Shark. A specimen taken 

 at Kirkwall about 1867, and others have been seen, which were 

 no doubt this fish. J. G. M.-H. This fish is not admitted to 

 the British list by Day, and there may have been some mistake 

 in the identification.] 



