ROUGH HOUND. 



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large and lobed; mouth nine tenths of an inch fiom the snout. 

 Pectoral fins low and wide; teeth numerous, sharp; skin rougli, 

 with short but sharp points; colour reddish brown, lighter on 

 the belly; covered Avith numerous small dark brown spots, the 

 smallest on the back, larger on the sides and fins. 



I have seen an example that was paler than usual, with faint 

 spots, but over the whole surface were scattered irregular very 

 black patches, as if mottled Avith pitch; and each patch having 

 a border round it of a lighter colour than the ground. But I 

 could not discover any other distinction beyond this of colour, 

 from the common examples of the Rough Hound. 



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