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CHONDROPTERYG1L 



( HI.M ElllD.E. 



NORTHERN CHIMERA. 



Kl\<; OF TIIK IlKRKI\(.s. K A HIUT-KISH, 



Chiaucra monttrota, LINN*;US. BLOCH, pi. iv. pi. 124. 



,, Northei-n Chinuera, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 159. 



,, ,, Sea Monster, DON. Brit. Fish.pl. 111. 



Rabbit-Jish, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 172, sp. 29. 



Generic Characters. Body elongated, the tail ending in a lengthened fila- 

 ment ; the first dorsal fin short at its base, but high ; the second dorsal fin low, 

 commencing immediately behind the first, and extending to the tail. 



THIS fish has considerable resemblance to the Sharks in 

 the form of the body, and the position as well as the shape 

 of the fins. 



" The Chimserse," says Dr. Richardson,* " though placed 

 by Cuvier at the end of the Stvrtonid*, seem to belong 

 more properly to his second order of Chondropterygit, in 

 which the gills are fixed : for though there is only one appa- 

 rent gill-opening on each side, the gills in reality adhere by 

 a large part of their borders, and there are consequently five 



* Fauna Boreali-Americaua, part iii. Fishes, page 285. 



