150 



LESSER SPOTTED SHARK. Class IV. 



To this kind may be added, as a mere variety, 

 the 



Catulus maximus. Wil. Ichth. 63. Raii syn. pise. 22. 

 Squalus cinereus, pinnis ventralibus discretis. Arted. syn. 97- 

 Squalus stellaris. Lin. syst. 3QQ. 

 No. 145. Gronov. Zooph. 



Le Squale llochier. De la Cepede Hist, des Poissons. i. 233. 

 (ah, 10. fg. 1. 



the chief difference seeming to be in the color 

 and the size of the spots ; the former being grey, 

 the latter fewer but larger than in the other. 



<5- Lesser Le muscarol ? Belon, 64. 

 spotted. Catulus minor . wii. Ichth. 64. 



id. C. major. 62. 

 Lesser Rough Hound, or Mor- 



gay. Raii syn. pise. 22. 

 Squalus dorso vario, pinnis 



ventralibus concretis. Arted. 



synon. Q7- 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Squalus Catulus. Lin. syst. 



400. Gm. Lin. 14g0. 

 Gronov. Zooph. No. 144. 

 La Roussette. Bloch ichth. iv. 



10. tab. 114. 

 Le Squale Roussette. De la 



Cepede Hist, des Poissons. 



i. 221. (lemale.) 



X HE weight of one that was brought to us by 

 a fisherman was only one pound twelve ounces ; 

 the length two feet two inches; it was of a 

 slender make in all parts ; the head was flat; 

 the nostrils covered with a long flap ; the nose 

 blunt, and marked beneath with numerous small 

 punctures ; behind each eye was a small orifice. 

 The back fins, like those of the former, placed 



