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PICKED SHARK. 



Stomach in this fish is furnished with several ap- 

 pendices situated near the pylorus : it is found 

 both in the European and Indian seas, growing to 

 the length of about two feet. 



PICKED SHARK. 



Squalus Acanthias, S. fusco-cinereus, suhtus albus, dentihus 

 numerosis parvis acutisy pinnis dorsalibus spinosis, 



Ash-Brown Shark, white beneath, with numerous small sharp 

 teeth, and spiny dorsal fins. 



Squalus Acanthias. S. pinna anali nulla, dorsalibus spinosis, 

 corpore teretiusculo. Lin. Si/st. Nat, 



Squalus corpore teretiusculo, dorso biaculeato. Block, t, 85. 



Picked Dog- Fish. Penn, Brit. Zool. 



Aiguillat, Broussonet, act. Paris. 3 780. 



Habit similar to that of the S, Mustelus, from 

 which it is readily distinguished by a very strong, 

 bony spine, situated before each dorsal fin, and 

 connected at its base with the fin itself: teeth small 

 and sharp, and disposed in rows along the jaws : 

 upper lobe of the tail longer or more projecting 

 than the lower, which is continued to some distance 

 beneath : colour of the whole animal brownish ash 

 above, white beneath : length from three to four 

 feet : inhabits the European seas : very common 

 about the coasts of Scotland, where it is taken in 

 order to be prepared for sale by spHtting and dry- 

 ing, and is then much used as a food among the 

 lower orders of the people. Mr. Pennant informs 

 lis that it forms a sort of internal commerce, being 



