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is supposed to be the Canicula of Pliny, which that 

 writer describes as highly dangerous to those em* 

 ployed in diving for corals, sponges, &c. 



FOX SHARK. 



Squalus Vulpes. S. piumbeus, subtus albidus, capite brevi cmico, 

 Cauda prcelonga. 



Lead-coloured Sharks whitish beneath, with short conic head^ 



and very long tail. 

 Squalus Vulpes. S. caudce lobo superiore longitudine corporis, 



Lin, Si/st. Nat. Gmel. p. I4g6. 

 Vulpes. Rondel. 

 Vulp^cula. Salv. Will. SfC. 

 Long-tailed Shark, Penn.Brit, Zool. 



This is distinguished by its plump, short, sub» 

 ovate body, and very long, tapering tail : the head 

 is small and pointed: the first dorsal fin triangular, 

 and placed on the middle of the back ; the second 

 above the beginning of the tail, which gradually 

 tapers to the tip, and is furnished witli a shallow 

 fin or process beneath, running from the base to 

 the tip, which is sharp, and slightly bilobate : the 

 pectoral fins are of considerable size: the eyes 

 large: the mouth small: the teeth triangular, small, 

 and disposed in three rows. The colour of the fish 

 is dusky ash above, and whitish beneath. It grows 

 to the length of more than thirteen feet, the tail 

 measuring more than half the length of the whole 

 animal. It is an inhabitant of the Mediterranean 

 and other seas, and is considered as a vorai^ious and 



