Class IV. LESSER SPOTTED DOG FISH. Tf| 



The chief difix^c nee feeming to be in the color 

 and the fize ofthefpots; the former being grey^ 

 the latter fewer but larger than in the other. 



Jjemufearol? Belony 64. ventralibus concretis. ^r/f<^. 47* ^Lesse^ 



Catulus minor. Wil. ISlh. 64^. fynon. gj, spottPJI, 



LeiTer Rough Hound, or Mor- Squalus catulus. Lin.JyJ}. 400. 



•gay Rait fyn, pifc. 22. ■ Grono-i;. Zooph. No. 144. 

 Scjualus dorlb vario, pinnis 



'T'^HE weight of one that was brought to us by 

 ^ a fifherman was only one pound twHve 

 ounces ; the length two feet two inches : it is of a 

 {lender make in all parts. 



The head was fiat : the nodrlls covered with 

 a long flap : the nofe blunt, and marked beneath 

 with numerous fmall pun61:ures : behind each eye 

 was a fmall orifice : the back finsj like thofe of 

 the former, placed far behind. 



The ventral fins are united, forming as if it wers 

 but one, which is a fure mark of this fpecies. 



The tail finned like that of the greater dog fifh» 



The color is cinereous, flreaked in fome parts 

 with red, and generally marked with numbers of 

 fmall black fpots ; but we have obferved in fome 

 that they are very faint and obfcure. 



The belly is white. 



This fpecies breeds from nine to thirteen young 

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