INDIAN ZOOLOGY. sS 



XVI. 



ALUS TIGRINUS. , 

 THE TIGER SHARK. 



Squalus Tigrinus, Gmelln. Lin. i. 1493. Bkche-, i. 19. N°4. 

 Gronov. Muf..\. N° 136. Seb. Muf, iii. 105. tab. 34. fig. i. 

 Herman^ tab. AiEn. p. 302. Forjier^ Ind. ZooL 24. 



'"I^HE head of this fhark ends obtufely, being of an Tiger Shark. 



equal thicknefs : the noflrils are at the end of the 

 nofe : at each corner of the mouth is a ftrong beard ; 

 the fins of the back are rounded and contiguous: it is 

 of the divifion that has the anal fin. The ground-color 

 is dufky: the body marked with white bands paffing 

 from the back towards the belly: the fins are fpotted 

 with the fame color. 



This fpecies grows to the length of fifteen feet, and' is 

 faid to feed on the teflaceous and cruftaceo.us animals pf 

 the fea. 



Description. 



XVn. LABRUS 



