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and : a half inches ; T a the re: depression to tho 
ida of the fin, two feet eleven. inches. ý 
_ Attached to the branchie, I found a single specit 
. 'men of the e Cineras vittata.” 
. Under the name of “ squalus elephas,” this shark 
was admirably : described by Le Sueur, in the “ Jour- 
nal of the Academy of Natural Sciences,” from a 
specimen taken on the coast of New Jersey in 
1822; and his figure, when it is remembered that 
it was taken from a stuffed skin, is very accurate. 
Among our Behe it is known as the bone 
shark. D-H By 
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V ART. II. — DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES OF 
FISHES. By Jaren P. KinTLAND, M. D.; first Assistant in the 
Geological Board of Ohio, and Prof. of of the T. and Pract. y Med. in the 
ap: College of. Ohio, at Cincinnati. Communicated em 
SEC 2s 
GASTEROSTEUS -depner sit. Vaesibie , ae 
Plate II. fig. 1. 
Head elongated; mouth small, armed with nu- 
merous teeth. Lower lip projecting. Eyes large 
and prominent. Nostrils midway between the up- 
per lip and eyes. - 
Body slightly compressed, scaleless. Back armed 
with five or six falcated, moveable spines, each with 
a decurrent membrane attached to its lower half 
posteriorly. - 
Dorsal fin 9 to 12 rayed, gradually sloping be- 
hind to the back. Caudal fs circular, truncated 
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