CHIMiERA. CHIMiERA. 



Generic Character, 



Caput supra acuminatum. 



Os sub capite, labio supe- 

 riore quinquepartito. 



Denies primores incisores 

 biiii supra infraque. 



Head pointed on the upper 

 part. 



Mouth placed beneath, with 

 the upper lip five-cleft. 



Cutting Teeth two in front, 

 both above and below. 



NORTHERN CHIMiERA. 



Chimsera Borealis. C. argentea, supra fasco tariata, rostra 

 plicato poroso. 



Silvery Chimaera, varied above with brown^ with pleated 

 porous snout. 



Chimaera monstrosa. C. rustro subtus plicis pertusis, Lin, Syst, 



Nat. ' 

 Genus Galei. Clus. exot, 



Simla marina. Gesn. p. 877- Jonst. pise, t, 44./. 2. 

 Chimaera cauda filiformi. Block, t. 124. 



This fish, so remarkable for the singularity of 

 its appearance, is a native of the Northern ocean, 

 where it generally inhabits the deepest recesses, 

 and is supposed to prey on the smaller kind of fishes, 

 as well as on various sorts of Mollusca and Testacea : 

 its general length is from three to four feet : the 

 body is of a lengthened shape, compressed, and 

 gradually tapering towards the tail, which is con- 



