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BEAUMARIS SHARK. 



and sharp; and on either side, from the nose to 

 the eyes were numerous perforations or minute 

 pores : the tail was of a lunar form, the upper lobe 

 nearly a third longer than the lower. From the 

 number of teeth> which were two rows in each jaw, 

 the fishermen concluded it to be two years old, and 

 Dr. Goodenough was assured that they had been 

 seen of the length of eight feet, with three rows of 

 teeth. 



BEAUMARIS SHARK. 



Squalus Monensis. S. corpore crasso tereti, rostro subconico, 

 Cauda lutiata. 



Shark with thick round body^ subconical snouts and lunated 

 tail. 



Beaumaris Shark. Penn. Brit. Zoo!, 



Observed by the Revd. Hugh Davies of Beau- 

 maris, in the Isle of Anglesea, who communicated 

 its description to Mr. Pennant. The length was 

 sev en feet ; the snout and body of a cylindric form : 

 the greatest circumference four feet eight inches : 

 the nose blunt : nostrils small : mouth armed with 

 three rows of slender teeth, flattened on each side, 

 very sharp, and furnished at the base with two 

 sharp processes; the first dorsal fin was two feet 

 distant from the snout, and of a triangular form : 

 the second very small, and placed near the tail : 

 the pectoral fins strong and large : the ventral and 

 anal small : the space between the second dorsal 

 and the tail much depressed, the sides forming an 



