Class IV. CHIMiERA. *159 



GENUS *X. CHIMERA. 



Head pointed on the upper part. 



Mouth placed beneath. 



Lip upper, five cleft. 



Teeth cutting, two in front in each jaw. 



Centrina prima. Aldrov. de Art. gen. 68. 1. North- 



Pisc. 462. La Chimere. Block Ichth. iii. ERN. 



Galeus Acanthias. Wil. Ichth. 6Q. tab. 124. 



75. t. B. 9. /. 9. De la Cepede Hist, des Pois- 



Rail Syn. Pise. 23. sons. i. 392. 



Chimaera monstrosa. Gm. Lin. Arct. Zool. Int. xxxix. 

 1488. 



[THIS strange and mishapen fish is a native of 

 the Northern ocean, and inhabits the deepest 

 waters. A drawing of a specimen taken off the 

 Schetland isles, was communicated to Mr. 

 Pennant by the late George Paton, of Edin- 

 burgh. 



It grows to the length of two feet and an half Descrip- 

 and even four feet. The head blunt, and 

 rounded beneath ; the mouth small ; the eyes, 

 which shine like those of a cat, have a sea-green 

 pupil, surrounded with a white iris; the first 

 dorsal fin is of a triangular shape, with an 



