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With rounded head* 



ANGEL SHARK. 



Squalus Squatina. S. capite rotundaio, ore terminali^ nasibus 



cirrosiSj pinnis pectoralibus maximis. 

 Shark with rounded head^ terminal mouthy l^earded nostrils, 



and very large pectoral fins. 

 Squalus Squatina. S. pinna anali nulla, caudce duabuSj ore 



terminali, narihus cirrosis. Lin, Syst, Nat. 

 Squalus corpore depresso. Block, t. 

 Squatina. Gesn. Jiondel. Will, SfC, 

 Angel-Fish. Penn. Brit, ZooL 



Head large, flat, and rounded in front : moiith 

 placed at the end of the head : teeth broad at their 

 base, but slender and very sharp towards the end, 

 and disposed in five rows all round the jaws : tongue 

 large: eyes small, and of a pale green colour: body 

 rather thick, but tapering towards the tail : pecto- 

 ral fms very large, of a subquadr angular shape, and 

 bearing some distant resemblance to a pair of wings, 

 pectoral fins very large also^ and of a shape not 

 greatly dissimilar : dorsal fms very small, and situ- 

 ated pretty near each other at the end of the back: 

 tail broad and lobated : whole body covered by a 

 rough skin, and marked down the back by a prickly, 

 tuberculated . line : colour pale ash-brown above, 

 whitish beneath. Native of the European seas, 

 growing to a very large size, measuring from six 

 to eight feet or more in length : extremely voraci- 

 ous, fierce, and dangerous. It chiefly frequenting 



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