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19. Cetorhinus maximus Gunner. 

 Basking Shark. 



Pelagic. 



Maritime Provinces and British Columbia: Arctic seas, southward on the American sides to 

 Virginia and California, and on the European side to Portugal, and the Mediterranean: 

 according to Bridge (1910) "fairly common off the coasts of Scotland, and it has been 

 seen or captured at various points on the western coast of Ireland, and the eastern and 

 southern coasts of England," and according to him "although generally described as a 

 northern form Cetorhinus is known to occur in Australian waters." 



20. Squalus acanthias Linnaeus. (Plate I, figure 1). 

 Picked Dogfish. 



Marine. 



Coast of Labrador (Storer, 1850 and 1853) : Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gaspe Bay, and Maritime 

 Provinces: "at Tignish the picked dogfish is very common and extremely destructive" 

 (Cornish): both coasts of north Atlantic, extending south to Cuba on the American 

 side: Knight says — "found everywhere on the coast of North America, from the Dela- 

 ware to Davis' Straits" (1866, as Spinax acanthus): common on coasts of the British 

 Islands, including the Orkney Islands (Yarrell, 1859), and other European coasts. 



21. Squalus sucklii Girard. 

 California Dogfish. 

 Marine. 



British Columbia: ranges from the Aleutian Islands to California: once recorded from Bering 

 Island, Bering Sea ((Stejneger) : S. fernandinus Molina, of Chile perhaps referable to 

 this species. 



22. Centroscymnus coelolepis Bocage and Capello. 

 Spiny Dogfish. 



Marine. 



"Abundant on the fishing banks" off the coast of Nova Scotia (Jones, 1879): occasional 

 off the coast of Massachusetts: coast of Portugal and adjacent coasts of the Atlantic. 



23. Centroscyllium fabricii Reinhardt. 

 Spiny Dogfish. 



Marine. 



Arctic seas and coasts of Greenland: "fishing banks off the coast" of Nova Scotia (Jones, 



1879): occasional off the coast of Massachusetts: also said to be found "in the opposite 



hemisphere at the Falkland Islands" (Bridge, 1910). 



24. Somniosus microcephalus Bloch. 

 Sleeper Shark: Greenland Shark. 

 Marine. 



Arctic seas: coast of Labrador: "the only specimen of this rare northern form the author 

 has had the opportunity of examining was taken off Halifax Harbour in February 1863" 

 (Jones, 1879, as Lcemargus borealis): an individual from opposite the mouth of the 

 Saguenay River, Province of Quebec (Whiteaves, 1886): on the American sides south 

 to Cape Cod, and coast of Oregon: "numerous instances are recorded of its capture off 

 the coast of Great Britain, especially in northern waters" (Bridge, 1910); and recorded 

 from other European coasts, ranging southward to France. 



