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CIRRHATED SHARK. 



Squalus Cirratus. S. rufus, squamosus, narium appendice vermi' 

 formi. 



Rufous Shark, with a worm-shaped appendix at the nostrils. 

 Squalus cirratus. S. narium appendice vermiformi. Lin. GmeL 

 Brouss. act. Paris. 3780. 



Allied in habit to the Canicula : length from 

 one to five feet : colour rufous, in the young spotted 

 with black : skin covered with moderately large, 

 flat, shining scales : eyes very small : teeth numer- 

 ous, sharp, and dilated at the base : first dorsal fin 

 opposite the ventral; the second opposite the anal: 

 tail about a fourth of the length of the whole ani- 

 mal, and terminating in a bilobate fin. Native of 

 the American and Indian seas. 



BEARDED SHARK. 



Squalus Barbatus. S. griseus maculis nigrts albo marginatiSy ore 



appcndicibus vermiformibus harbaio. 

 Grey Shark, with black spots edged with white, and the 



mouth bearded with worm-shaped appendicles. 

 Squalus barbatus. S. rictu oris appendicibus vermiformibus bar^ 



bato. Lin. GmeL Brouss, act, Paris, 178O. 



Length about three feet and a half: colour 

 greyish : skin covered by minute, hard, shining 

 scales, and variegated with black, rounded, and 

 angular spots with whitish margins : head large, 

 depressed, and smooth : teeth lanceolate, and 

 placed in several rows : beards about half an inch 



