Class IV. SPOTTED DOG FISH. ii^ 



NeC^;^?, ^kvHq<^, Arff/«5 ? Greater Cat Fifh : the Bounce. 46-Spotted. 



Arifi. Hift. an. Lib. V. c. Rati fyn. pifc. 22. 



10. VI. c. 10, II. Squalus ex rufo variug, pinna 



lioim-Ko;^. Oppian Halleut, I. ani medio inter anum et 



581. caudem pinnatum. Arted, 



La RoulTete commune. Behtt, fyn- 97. 



(5r Squaius canicula. Lin. fyji. 



Canicula Arijlotelis. Rondel 399- Gr 0710-0. Zooph. No. 



380. Gefner pifc. 1 68. I45* 



Catulus major vulgaris. Wil. Greater Cat lifli. Ed-vj. 289. 



7^7^. 62. 



^■y^HIS fpecies being reaiarkably fpotted, may 

 •*" be the fame known to antients by the names 

 exprefTed in the fynonyms •, but they fo frequently 

 leave fuch flight notices of the animals they men- 

 tion, that we are often obliged to add a doubt- 

 ful mark (?) to numbers of them. 



The weight of one we took was fix pounds three DBgcmp. 

 ounces, and yet it meafured three feet eight inches 

 in length ; fo light are the cartilaginous fifh in 

 refpedl to their fize. 



The nofe was Ihort, and very blunt, not ex- 

 tending above an inch and an half beyond the 

 mouth. The noftrils were large, placed near the 

 mouth, and covered with a large angular flap : 

 the head very flat. 



The eyes were oblong, behind each a large 

 orifice opening to the infide of the mouth. 



The teeth fmall, fliarp, fmooth at their fides^ 

 ftrait, and difpqfcd in four rows. 



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