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Q. Enumerate the principal species of the Shark 

 genus. 



A. The principal species of the Shark genus, 

 or genus Squalus, are Squalus Carcharias, White 

 Shark ; 2 S. Maximus, Basking Shark ; 3. S. Ca- 

 tulus, Spotted Shark ; 4. S. Stellaris, Rock Shark ; 

 5. Squalus Ocellatus, ocellated * Shark ; 6. S. Zy- 

 gsena, Hammer-headed Shark ; 7. S. Pristis, or 

 Saw fish. 



Q. Which of these species most deserve our 

 notice ? 



A. The most remarkable of these species are 

 the White, the Basking, the Hammer-headed 

 Shark, and the Pristis. 



Q. Describe the White Shark. 



A. Squalus Carcharias, or the White Shark, is 

 of a lare size, sometimes measuring thirty feet in 

 length. It is considered as the most voracious of 

 all the inhabitants of the deep, and devours indis- 

 criminately every kind of animal substance that 

 comes in its way ; its mouth is of vast width, 

 furnished on the margin of each jaw with from 

 three to six rows of sharp pointed teeth, which it 



* Adorned with spots or eyes. 

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