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  — 
  giganica, 
  Shaw, 
  Zoo]. 
  V, 
  p. 
  173. 
  

  

  Megahps 
  atlantkv.s, 
  Cuv. 
  k 
  Yal. 
  XIX, 
  p. 
  398. 
  . 
  

  

  This 
  large 
  fish, 
  looking 
  — 
  if 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  more 
  slen- 
  

   der 
  — 
  like 
  a 
  overgrown 
  Mud-Shad, 
  [Chqxa 
  thrissa), 
  was 
  caught 
  

   iji 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  bay, 
  near 
  Crisiield. 
  " 
  Marcgraw 
  assures 
  

   that 
  it 
  attains 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  t\Yelve 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  

   a 
  mnn. 
  The 
  month, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  opened, 
  is 
  so 
  large 
  that 
  the 
  

   head 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  couul 
  easily 
  ent^r 
  it 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  fat, 
  and 
  only 
  

   tlio 
  flesh 
  of 
  very 
  young 
  tl^h 
  can 
  he 
  utilized 
  as 
  food." 
  

  

  ACAP. 
  (-OIXECTION. 
  

  

  SQUATINA, 
  Dnm. 
  

   *S'. 
  iJuinerili. 
  Les, 
  

  

  Angel-flsh. 
  Shark-ray. 
  Monk. 
  

  

  This 
  ])eculiar 
  fish, 
  combining 
  the 
  characters 
  of 
  a 
  shark 
  

   with 
  those 
  of 
  a 
  ray, 
  has 
  a 
  broad 
  flattened 
  body, 
  which 
  is 
  ele- 
  

   vated 
  towards 
  the 
  pectorals. 
  Tl:o 
  head 
  is 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  

   obtuse, 
  emarginated 
  in 
  front 
  between 
  the 
  nostrils, 
  depressed 
  

   above 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  bordered 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  by 
  

   a 
  white 
  membrane. 
  Neck 
  rather 
  tumid 
  and 
  distinct. 
  Eyes 
  

   small 
  ; 
  orbit 
  elevated, 
  and 
  furnished 
  with 
  blunt 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  

   similar 
  ones 
  above 
  the 
  nostrils 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  spiracles^ 
  

   Cheeks 
  flat, 
  with 
  numerous 
  pores. 
  Nostrih:; 
  with 
  skinny 
  flaps 
  

   on 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  edge, 
  

   above 
  the 
  jaws, 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  eyes; 
  aperture 
  vertical, 
  

   and 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  membrane. 
  Spiracles 
  behind 
  the 
  

   eyes, 
  wide, 
  transverse. 
  Teeth 
  conical, 
  pointed 
  and 
  distant, 
  

   in 
  six 
  to 
  seven 
  distinct 
  series. 
  Gill-openings 
  rather 
  wide, 
  

   lateral, 
  very 
  near 
  each 
  other, 
  and 
  partly 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  pectorals. 
  Tongue 
  triangular, 
  flat, 
  not 
  distinct, 
  termi- 
  

   nated 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  fleshy 
  rounded 
  appendage. 
  The 
  subtrian- 
  

   gular 
  pectoral 
  fins 
  fire 
  large, 
  expanded 
  in 
  the 
  plane 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  