€4i ON THE GENUS SQUALUS OF LINNE^ 



extremities, six feet ; in the uteri were twenty- 

 six young, agreeing in shape, proportion, and co- 

 lour with the old one : from one of these, the an- 

 nexed figure was taken ; the description from the 

 adult animal. I am sorry that I neglected to 

 examine the teeth, and cannot but express my 

 regret at such a shameful neglect, for which I 

 can find no excuse. The skin of the old and 

 young was very rough, as is the case with all the 

 other species which have come under my inspec- 

 tion : the term kevis, was therefore applied by 

 the older writers, to distinguish it from the piked 

 dogfish of the fishermen, Acanthias antiquorum^ 

 Mr Pennant says, " The teeth resemble those of 

 a ray, rough and sharp." 



Squalus Selanonus, 



Tab. II. Fig. % 



Teeth in front, six rows, smooth, with two processes 

 on each side at their base. 



Squalus Selanonus. Walker MSS, 

 Mus. "Wern. Soc. 



The specimen from which the drawing is made^ 

 tvas taken in Lochfyne, and is figured in the MSS. 

 drawings of the late ingenious Professor of Natural 

 History, Dr Walker, from whose slietch, (through 

 the attention and goodness of Professor Jame-^ 

 son, to whom I stand greatly indebted for the as- 



