390 SQI.U.IDJ:. 



<-IH)\DliOPTERYGU. SQUALID^. 



THE COMMON TOPE. 



i i>o<;, Hastings. M n.i. Kit's DOG, Cornwall. 



Galeus vulg'i ndre, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 389. 



Cnnis gtilpus Homleletii, WILLUGHBY, p. 51, B. 6, fig. 1. 



Sij mi I us ' ,, LINNJEUS. BLOCH, pt. iv. pi. 118. 



,, ,, Tope Shark, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 146, pi. 18. 



Galeus vulgaris, Common Tope, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 165, sp. 6. 

 Squalus galeus, ,, ,, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 501, sp. 191, 



Generic Characters. Not very dissimilar to those of the genus Carcharias : 

 disposition of the fins the same, but have temporal orifices ; the teeth serrated 

 on the outer edge only. 



THE TOPE is a common species along the southern coast, 

 where it is known by the names of Penny Dog and 

 Miller's Dog ; it has also been noticed by Pennant in Flint- 

 shire ; and by others on the south coast of Ireland, about the 

 shore of the county of Kerry. It is not, however, considered 

 so plentiful in the north, but has been taken about Berwick 

 Bay, and its occurrence recorded by Dr. Johnston in his 

 address to the Members of the Berwickshire Natural History 

 Club for the year 1832. 



