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Gen. Sphyrna, (Rafinesque, 1810^, Muller und Henle, 1841. 

 (Zygaena, Cuvier, 1817.) 



The anterior part of the head broad, flattened and laterally elon- 

 gated ; nostrils situated at the anterior margin ; eyes at the lateral 

 margins. Nasal valve a small triangular lobe at the internal margin of 

 the nostril. No labial cartilage. Teeth of both jaws similar, resembling 

 outwards pointing flattened pyramids, either trenchant or denticulated, 

 with a section at the external margin of the base ; central teeth in both 

 jaws. Anterior dorsal nearer the pectorals than the ventrals ; posterior 

 dorsal smaller than the anterior, opposite the anal ; incision of the 

 caudal fin distinct. Oviduct of the embryos flocculent ; ovary not 

 attached to the walls of the uterus. 



Sphyrna zygaena, (Linne.) 



Libella, Belon, 61. 



Zygaena, Rondelet, 389. 



Gesner, Fol. LXXXII. 



Libella, Salviani, 121, Tab. 40. 



Aldrov. 408. 



Jonstou, Tab. VII. Fig. 8. 



Willoughby: B. 1. 



Ruysch : Theatr. Tab. VII. Fig. 8. 



Zygene, Dutertre : Hist. Nat. II. 207. 



Zygaena seu Libella, Jacob : Mus. 16, Taf. VII. Fig. 5. 



Jochfisch, Valeutini : Mus. Taf. XXXII. Fig. 5. 



Zygaena, Ray, 20, 7. 



Zygaena: Mus. Besler, Tab. XV. Fig. 1. 



Klein: Miss. III. 13, No. 1. 



Zygaena, Linne : Mus. Ad. Fr. 52. 



Stampella, Scilla : Tab. 28, Fig. 2. 



Squalus zygaena, Briinnich : Ichthyol. Massil. 4, No. 8. 



Piscis libella, Bonnan : Mus. Kirch. Tab. XXXVII. Fig. 20. 



Squalus zygaena, Forskal : Descr. XVIII. 



Zygene : Duhamel : Sect. IX. PI. XXI. F. 3-8. 



Gronov. Mus. I. 63, 139.— Zoophyl. 146. 



Le Marteau, Brousson. No. 11. 



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