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VERTEBRATA. PISCES. 



Carcharias* the Shark. 



The true Sharks are celebrated in all seas for 

 their size, strength, and carnivorous voracity ; their 

 numerous teeth, trenchant and pointed, are generally 

 serrated at the edge, and arranged in many successive 

 rows, presenting a most formidable apparatus of de- 

 struction ; the snout is prominent, projecting far 



WHITE SHARK (Carcharias Vulgaris). 



over the mouth; the tail fin is somewhat forked; 

 the pectorals and first dorsals very large and 

 powerful. The White Shark (C. Vulgaris) is the 

 most terrific monster that inhabits the deep ; its 

 length is frequently twenty-five feet, and its jaws, 



ws, JcarcJiaros, rough. 



