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ROCK SIIAJ^K. 



Squalus Stellaris. S. cinereo-rufescens, macuUs nigricantihutf 



incequalibus, lobo utrinque nasali duplici. 

 Cinereo-rufescent Shark, with unequal blackish spots, and 



double-lobed nostrils. 

 Le Rochier. Cepede. 

 •Catulus maximus. Will. p. 63. 

 Greater Spotted Dog- Fish. Penn. Brit. Zoot* 



Greatly allied to the preceding, with which it 

 appears to have been frequently confounded by 

 authors ; the male and female differing from each 

 other nearly in the same manner and proportion 

 as in the Squalus Catulus, and having a nearly 

 similar disposition of colours. In the present 

 species, which is larger than the preceding, and 

 arrives at the length of six feet, the nostrils are 

 half closed by a pair of lobes, the exterior of which 

 is larger than the interior, and of a roughened sur- 

 face : the snout is rather more elongated, and the 

 tail somewhat shorter than in the S. Catulus : the 

 first dorsal fin is nearer to the extremity of the tail 

 than to the snout : the second, which is nearly of 

 similar size with the first, is placed almost opposite 

 to the anal fin. The general colour of the animal 

 is a reddish-grey, with round, unequal, blackish 

 spots scattered over the whole body, and larger in 

 proportion than in the Catulus, The male and 

 female are said to differ as to the disposition of 

 spots in the same manner as in that species. Na- 

 tive of the European seas, generally frequenting 



