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The Hammer.headed Shark (Squalus Zygaena). 



This is a very voracious and deformed animal, and 

 difliirs from that of any otlier known creature; they 

 sometimes attain the length of fifteen feet, and are 

 natives of the Mediterranean and Indian seas. 



Angel Fish^ or S/tark (Squalus Squatina). 



Jacksonian Sluuk (Squalus Jacksonii). 

 This is a new species, lately discovered in the har- 

 bour of Port Jackson. 



Horned Trunk-Fish (Ostracion Cornutus). 



Young Shark (Squalus Carcharias). 



The Shark is as formidable in appearance as he 

 is dreadful for his courage and activity. No fish 

 can swim so fnst, fnr fii- will nntstrifi thf swiftest 

 ship. " They are (says Mr. Pennant) the dread of 

 '* sailors in all hot countries, where they constantly 

 *' attend the vessels, in expectation of what may 

 ** drop overboard : a man that has that misfortune 

 " perishes without redemption ; they have been 

 *' seen to dart at him, like gudgeons at a worm.*' 

 They aie said to attack Negroes in [^reference to 

 Europeans, and to attend with assiduity the slave 

 ships from Africa to the West Indies. The Shark 

 i^rows to an enormous size, sometimes thirty feet in 

 length. 



y<mng Stwgeon (Acipenser Sturio). 



Inhabits the Europoan, Mediterranean, Red, Black, 

 and Caspian seas, and annually descends the rivers 

 in spring. It is a fish of slow movement, is very 

 prolific. Its flesh is held in great estimation. 



Frog-Fish (Lophius Europa?us). Taken in the 

 river Mersey. 



