SPATULARIA. SPATULARIA. 



Generic Character. 



Habitus Squali. 



Spiraculum utrinqiie uni- 

 cum ad latera colli, oper- 

 culo magno tectum. 



Rostrum productum,''spatu- 

 latum. 



Os sub capite, amplum, 

 dentibus acutis serratis* 



Habit that of a Shark. 

 ' Spiracles single on each side 

 the neck, concealed by a 

 large gill-cover. 

 Sjiout produced, spatule- 



shaped. 

 Mouth beneath the headj 

 , large, and furnished with 

 sharp, serrated teeth. 



RETICULATED SPATULARIA. 



Sj)atularia Reticulata. S. rostro reticulata^ 

 Spatularia with reticulated snout. 

 Polyodon feuille. Cepede. 



Chien de mer feuille, Bonaterre encyclop, methodique, 



Th IS remarkable fish, the only species hitherto 

 discovered, is greatly allied to the Sharks in its gene- 

 ral appearance, and more particularly to those con- 

 stituting the Saw-Fish tribe ; but differs essentially 

 from the genus Squalus in having only a single 

 spiracle on each side the neck : this spiracle is very 

 large, and covered by a large, soft and pointed 

 operculum, which, on being raised, exhibits the 

 gills consisting of five cartilaginous laminae with 



