Tab.II 



,4 DE PISCIBUS PER BRANCHIAS 



IV. RHINA. 



1. Rhjfia: fiveSqvatina Dmniiim autorum. Sqvalus pinna ani ca- 

 rens , ore in apice capitis , Artedi. Kingflone /i«o/i)/w/, 

 Defcript. of iome curious and uncommon creatures omitted 

 in the Defcription of threc hundred Animals &c. Londoniyj^ 

 'p. 47 i ibi figura ?;/r2m. Fcemins fupinis &pron2, exmu- 

 leo olim noHro, figuras vid. in Tab. il.f.j.6', cauda in fu- 



^•^'^' periori parte bipenni ; caret femina appendicibus, qvae in 



maribus mentulse ilint, prout in rajis. Artedies ne^at pin- 

 nam ani, qvam VVillitghbejus^ reliqviautores piici tribuunt; 

 ille : „infcrius pinnarum par circa exitum excremento- 



^ ' ,,rum fitum obtinens,,; per medium dorfi habet Uneam 



afperam , prout integrum corium adeo afperum eft , ut illo 

 afpera ligna & eburna poUantur ; Ravif. Lih. J. c. 4/. The 

 Skin of the Back is very rough , fo as to polishwood orlvo- 

 ry , Anony?>i. all. loco. Exillo corioTurcx & aiis gentes en- 

 fium vaginasconficiunt, qvas iagrinas, von Chagrin, vocant 

 Willugh. p. §0. Ad hominis aliqviindo magnitudinem pifcis 

 excrefcit : Some times Weighing a Houndred and fixty 

 pound. Anonym. ib. conferatur Wtllughb.Jig. Tah. D.j. cum 

 noflra , ilH anteferenda. 



2. Rhina pedata qvafi; cauda in fuperiori parte tripenni. Mer- 



nioid of the Siren Anonymi citati p. 43». Rhina appendici- 

 bus ad ortum caudae pedes mentientibus j with fmall Feet. 

 The Fin oneachSchoulder in Shape famethinglikethe wings 

 pf a Cherubim ; the fltin of the Back was rough, and of a 

 dark - colour; the Mouth large and placed at the very ex- 

 tremity of the Head &c. vid. ulteriorem defcriptionem &fi- 

 guras pilcis proni & fupini ibid. Autor hunc pilcem prOiS"/- 

 m/^ Antiqvorum agnofcit; qvi anno 1737, menle feptem- 

 bri captus & Londini expofitus fuit ; fed vereor, ne lucri 

 caufa uientuls diftortse & in pedum fimulacra, ope filiferrei 

 velaenei, efformata: fuerint ; adeo hujus pifcis defcriptio 

 convenit cum prarcedenti; nifi qvodtres piunas in cauda, & 

 qvafi pedes habeat. 



AD LATERA PINNATA 



SPIRACULO UNICO. 

 $. XII. 



In qvibusdam fiint pinnac laterales vel binjc aliac fiib gutture (fecun- 

 dura WtUughbejum] taluz pedibus fitniles, unde apparet (qvicqvidcavilla- 



tur 



