112 FISHES. CART1LAGINEI. 37. Squalus. 



than the body, obtufc, with b fins near the end, and feveral clavate 

 fpines besides the claw-like-oncs : ventral-fins pointed, 3-rayed ; 

 anal rounded, 6-rayed. 



140. R. Pastinaca. Yellowish-olive, smooth : tail slen- 

 der, pointed, without fin, armed near the middle with 

 a long spine serrate hoth sides. 



Sting Ray, Fire-flaire. Br. Z00L iii. p. 95. Donovan t. gg. 



Body about 3 feet long, a little gibbous on the back, mucous, paler 

 near the sides: head short, pointed : iris white: teeth granulate: 

 back fometimes armed with a ferrate fpine : ventralfins none ; the 

 pectoral-ones rather rounded: spine on the tail very long, flat, sharp, 

 ferrate in a reverfed direction. 



37. SQUALUS. Shark. 

 A. With orifices on the temple > and anal-fin. 



141. Sq. Canicula. Rufous-grey, with dusky ocellate 

 spots : nostrils surrounded with a lobe and vermiform 

 appendage : ventral-fins distinct. 



Spotted Dog-fish. Br. Zool. iii. t. 15. Shaw v. t. 152. 



Body 3 or 4 feet long, white beneath : head fmall, rather pointed : 

 eyes oblong, pupil fea-green: iris white : nostrils covered with a 

 large angular flap: mouth wide, oblong, with 4 rows of teeth : 

 dorsal-fins placed much behind, the fecond opposite the tail : tail 

 narrow, obliquely truncate. 



2. Lobes of the nostrils double. Edwards Glean, t. 289. 



Body with larger and fewer fpots : fnout rather longer : tail & 

 little shorter ; dorsal-fins equal. 



142. Sq. Catulus. Reddish-grey, with numerous small 

 dusky spots : nostrils surrounded with a lobe and 

 vermiform appendage : ventral-fins united. 



Lesser fpotted Dog-fish. Br. Zool. iii. t. 15. Donov. t. 55. 



Body about 2 feet long, white underneath : head large, rather ob- 

 lufe in front : eyes oblong, pupil black, iris white \ teeth in 4 rows, 

 ferrate, tricufpidate, curved inwards : dorsal-fins placed far behind : 

 tail fmall, slightly lunate, oblique. 



143. Sq. Galens. Cinereous, paler beneath : nose long, 

 flat, pointed : teeth nearly triangular, serrate on the 

 inner- edge. 



Tope. Ionst. pise. f. 8./. 4. Will. icth. t. B. 6.f. 1. 



Body about 3 feet long or more : nofe femitranfparent beyond the 

 nostrils : nostrils near the mouth, partly covered by a flap: temporal- 

 orifices very fmall : teeth fmall, numerous, in 3 rows : vent before 

 the middle of the body : tail large, 2-lobed. 



144. Sq. Mustelus. Brownish, beneath whitish : teeth 

 small, numerous, obtuse : pectoral-fins smaller than 

 the dorsal, pointed. 



Smooth Hound. Br. Zool. iii ^ t. 16. Shaw v. /. 153. 



Body about 2 feet long, slender, fometimes varied with white 

 fpots, silvery beneath : head lengthened, a little sharpened, covered 

 with mucous pores : first dorfal-fin large, nearly triangular, placed 

 near the middle of the back ; fecond twice as large as the anal 

 which is fquare : ventral and anal-fins very fmall : tail forked, one 

 of the lobes twice as long and slightly lunate. 



145. Sq. Fulpes. Lead-colour, beneath whitish: head 

 short, conic: upper-lobe of the tail as long as the 

 body. 



Long-tailed Shark, Sea-fox. Br. Zool. iii. tab. 14. 



Body including the tail 13 feet long, covered with minute fcales : 



