XI& SMOOTH HOUND. Class IV. 



at a time, is very numerous on fome of our coafts^ 

 and very injurious to the fi(heries. 



.S. Smootk. raX£®- /V;c? ? Arifi. Hift. an. Smooth or unprickly hound. 



Lib, VI. c, lo. Oppi- Rati fyn. pifc. 22. 



an. Lib. I. 380. Squalus dentibus obtufis fea 

 Galeus lasvis. Rondd. 375. granutoiis. Arted. fyn. 93. 



Gefner pifc, 608. Squalus mullelus. Lin. Jyfi. 

 Mufielus Isvis primus. JViL 400. Gronoqj. Zooph. No. 



Icih. 60. 142. 



'T^HIS fpecies is called fmooth, n9t that the 

 •*■ fkin rs really fo, but becaufe it wants the 

 fplnes on the back, which are the character of the 

 iecond fpecies, the Picked Dog. 



The nofe extends far beyond the mouth, and 

 the end blunt : the holes behind the eyes are fm>all ; 



the back is lefs flat than that of others of this 



genus. 



The firfl back fin is placed midway above the 

 peroral and ventral fins : the pe6loral fi:ns are 

 fmall. 



The tail forked, but the upper part is much the 

 longed. 



The teeth refemble thofe of a Ray, rough and 

 fharp. 



The color of the back and fides a(h, and free 

 from fpots j the belly filvery. 



The 



