S84 SQUALID^. 



CHONDROPTERYGII. SQUALID^.. 



THE PORBEAGLE. 



Lamna Cornubica, Le Squale Nez, Cuvier, Regne An. t. ii. p. 389. 



,, ,, Porbeagle, Flem. Brit. An, p. 168, sp. 15. 



Squalus Cornubicus, ,, Pehn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 152. 



,, Shark, Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 108. 

 „ ,, ,, GooDENOUGH, Linn. Trans, vol. iii. p. 80, 



tab. 15. 

 „ „ ,, Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 500, sp. 189. 



Generic Characters. — Point of the nose conical, nostrils pierced on its un- 

 der surface ; all the five branchial apertures in advance of the origin of the 

 pectorals ; the first dorsal fin placed much nearer the line of the pectoral than 

 the anal fins ; lobes of the tail nearly equal. 



The Porbeagle occurs more frequently on the northern 

 than on the southern coasts of this country, and is mentioned 

 as having been taken at Belfast. The specimen described 

 and figured by Dr. Goodenough in the Transactions of the 

 Linnean Society, as quoted, was taken at Hastings ; Mr. 

 Couch has seen it occasionally in Cornwall, and it was figured 

 by Dr. Borlase in his history of that coast. Mr. Couch 

 states of this species, " That it associates in small companies 

 in pursuit of prey, from which circumstance, and a distant 



