Class IV PICKED SHARK. , 133 



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'AKavQlacyxXst;, Arist. Hisl. 3Q7- Sq. pinna ani nulla, 2. Picked. 



an. lib. vi. c. 10. Oppian dorsalibus spiriosis, corpore 



Hulieut. i. 380. teretiusculo. Ibid. S. acan- 



E-rrivcvric Athencei, Lib. vii. thias - Gm. Lin. 1501. 



L'Esguillats. 5efo», 6l. S q- pinna ant nulla, corpore 



Galeusacanthias. Rondel. 373. subrotundo. Arted. Synon. 



Gesner pise. 607. 9^. 



Sperhaye, Dornhundt. Scko- Hai. Faun. Suee. No. 2Q5. 



nevelde, 2Q. Gronov. Zooph. 14g. 



Galeus acanthias sive spinax. L'Aquillat. Block ichth. iii. 



Wil. Ichth. 56. % tah ' 85 - 



The picked dog, or hound fish. Le Squale aiguillat. J)e la 



Raii Syn.pisc.2\. Cepede Hist, des Romans. 



Squalus spinax. Lin. Syst. l< ~7@- 



JL HE picked Shark or dog fish takes its name 

 from a strong and sharp spine placed just be- 

 fore each of the back fins, distinguishing it at 

 once from the rest of the British sharks. 



The nose is long, and extends greatly beyond Descrip- 

 the mouth, but is blunt at the end ; the teeth are 

 disposed in two rows, are small and sharp, and 

 bend from the middle of each jaw towards the 

 corners of the mouth. The tail is finned for a 

 considerable space beneath, and the upper part 

 is much the longer ; the back is of a brownish 

 ash color; the belly white. It grows to the 

 weight of about twenty pounds. 



This species swarms on the coasts of Scot- 



TION. 



