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PUNCTULATED SHARK, 



Squalus Punctulatus. S. supra rufus albo punctatm, suhtnsfcT' 

 rugineus. 



Shark with the upper parts rufous, speckled with white, th© 



lower parts ferruginous. 

 Squale pointille. Cepede. 



Habit similar to that of the Isabella Shark : 

 colour rufous above, deep tawny beneath : upper 

 parts marked with numerous, small, white specks : 

 head rounded in front: teeth similar to those of 

 the Canicula : spiracles small : pectoral fins rather 

 large : tail deeply lobed. Native of the American 

 seas: described by Cepede, but the size not par- 

 ticularized. . 



ZEBRA SHARK. 



Squalus Zebra. S.fuscus, rivnlis transversis ladeis. 

 Brown Shark, with ti-ansverse milk-white undulations. 

 Squalus tigrinus. S. cauda elongataj spiraculis duobiis postremis 



coiifluentihus. Lin, Syst. Nat. Gmel. 

 Squalus varius, &c. Seb. mus. 3. t, 34. f. 1. 

 Squalus fasciatus. Block, t. 113. 



The most elegant of the whole genus, being of a 

 dark brown colour, beautifully barred , with' broad, 

 milk-white, transverse, and somewhat undulating 

 stripes, between which are here and there inter- 

 spersed a few oval spots of similar colour : fins 

 marked in the same manner : head large and 

 rounded : mouth furnished with a pair of worm-like 



