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  body, 
  with 
  tho 
  basal 
  portiuu 
  prolonged 
  forwards, 
  but 
  not 
  

   grown 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  round 
  notch 
  at 
  their 
  inner 
  

   base, 
  and 
  curved 
  sharp 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  tlieir 
  

   outer 
  margin. 
  Abdominal 
  fins 
  lanceolate, 
  straight, 
  narrow. 
  

   The 
  two 
  dorsal 
  fins 
  are 
  triangular, 
  subequal 
  in 
  size, 
  and 
  situ- 
  

   ated 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  tail. 
  Caudal 
  fin 
  emarginate 
  ; 
  loAver 
  

   lobe 
  longest, 
  both 
  pointed. 
  Bluish 
  ash-gray 
  above 
  ; 
  beneath 
  

   white. 
  Abdomen, 
  throat 
  and 
  ventral 
  fins 
  marked, 
  when 
  liv- 
  

   ing, 
  by 
  indistinct 
  red 
  spots. 
  Eyes 
  yellowish-green 
  ; 
  pupils 
  

   black. 
  Lengtli 
  : 
  3 
  to 
  -1 
  feet. 
  

  

  lihina 
  squalina, 
  Guenther 
  Cat. 
  YIII, 
  p. 
  430. 
  

  

  Squalus 
  sqiiaiina, 
  L. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  I, 
  p. 
  39G; 
  Brnnn. 
  Ichth. 
  

   Mass., 
  p. 
  5 
  ; 
  Bl. 
  AusL; 
  Fisch. 
  I, 
  p. 
  25, 
  tab. 
  116. 
  

  

  Squatiaa 
  Icevis, 
  Cuv. 
  Begno 
  Aniin. 
  

  

  — 
  acuJeata, 
  Cuv. 
  Begno 
  Anim. 
  

  

  — 
  anr/elus, 
  Dumeril, 
  Zool. 
  Anal., 
  p. 
  102, 
  

  

  — 
  dumerUll, 
  Lesueur, 
  Jour. 
  Ac. 
  Nat. 
  Sc. 
  Phil. 
  I, 
  p. 
  225, 
  pi. 
  

   10 
  ; 
  DeKay, 
  New 
  York 
  Fauna, 
  Fish, 
  p. 
  303, 
  pi. 
  G2, 
  fig. 
  203. 
  

  

  This 
  fish 
  is 
  an 
  inhabitant 
  oi 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  temperate 
  and 
  

   tropical 
  seas. 
  Its 
  curious 
  form 
  make 
  it 
  conspicuous 
  among 
  

   the 
  many 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  tho 
  ocean, 
  that 
  are 
  caught 
  late 
  in 
  

   the 
  fall 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  "Worcester 
  county. 
  The 
  not 
  very 
  in- 
  

   viting 
  looks 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  not 
  the 
  only 
  reasons 
  why 
  fisher- 
  

   men 
  dislike 
  it. 
  It 
  has, 
  to 
  some 
  extent, 
  the 
  unpleasant 
  habits 
  

   of 
  the 
  snapping 
  turtle, 
  since 
  it 
  can 
  open 
  its 
  mouth 
  very 
  sud- 
  

   denly 
  to 
  an 
  alarming 
  extent, 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  play, 
  either. 
  In 
  con- 
  

   sequence 
  of 
  this 
  biting 
  propensity, 
  it 
  is 
  called 
  })y 
  the 
  fisher- 
  

   men 
  the 
  "Band-devil," 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  "Fair-maid;" 
  the 
  first 
  

   name 
  not 
  without 
  any 
  reason, 
  and 
  tho 
  latter 
  certainly 
  not 
  out 
  

   of 
  politeness. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  coininon 
  fish 
  during 
  late 
  October 
  

   and 
  early 
  November, 
  sometimas 
  obstructing 
  by 
  their 
  numbera 
  

   the 
  successful 
  hauling 
  of 
  seiues. 
  

  

  Acad. 
  Collection. 
  

  

  