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Torpedo (Cuv.). Cramp-fish. Body nearly 

 round ; tail short, fleshy, with two dorsals, and a 

 caudal ; teeth small and sharp. 



T. nobiliana. 



marmorata. Fig. 224 ; 



n. s. 



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Body lengthened, merging insensibly into a 

 thick tail ; pectorals of moderate size ; gill-orifices 

 on the sides of the neck ; eyes lateral. 



Squatina (Dumeril). Angel. Depressed; head 

 rounded in front ; spiracles large ; pectorals very 

 large; two dorsals and a caudal on the tail; no 

 anal. 



S. angelus. Fig. 225 ; ^ n. s. 



