PISCES. 
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this fish, one a ground shark, and the other a “ round ” or 
swimming fish. 
The Basking Shark ( Squalus maximus ). Our largest British fish. 
Not uncommon in summer. 
Tennant’s Basking Shark f Selachus maximus : Prof : P. Panesi). 
A Mediterannean fish. Very rare. It has been wrongly 
described as the Eashleigh Shark and the Broadheaded 
Q-azor. It feeds as the whale does on medusae or some other 
exceedingly small marine productions, which it strains 
through a comb-like arrangement in its gills. Its teeth are 
rudimentary. 
The Hammer-headed Shark (Squalus %ygcena: Cuvier). Very 
rare. 
The Monkfish {Squatina angelus). The Angel fish. Common. 
Viviparous. 
The Centrine cewirmMS ; Bloch). The first British speci- 
men of this fish was taken off the Wolf Book in the spring 
of this year (1877). 
Mr. Couch has, so far as I can see, abandoned the Lewis 
Shark {Squalus Lewis) in his “British Pishes.” 
EAIIDJE . — (the Bay Teibe.) 
The Skate {Raia latis). Common. I do not think the Flapper 
Skate can be distinguished from it. 
The Long-nosed Skate {Raia mucronata). Not uncommon in 
deep water. 
Turton Skate ( Raia oxyrhjnchus). Not uncommon in deep water. 
The Thornback (Raia clavata). Common. I do not think the 
Starry Bay can be distinguished from it. 
The Homelyn (Raia maculata). This and the Thornback are our 
chief edible rays. The Homelyn beyond question includes 
the Cuckoo Bay of Couch. I have seen them of all grad- 
ations from plain Homelyn to most brilliant Cuckoo. 
®niall-eyod Bay (Raia microcellata). The Painted Bay. The 
Owl. Held in high esteem as an article of food by those 
■who know it, It is a very local fish, but where it is found 
it is abundant. For instance, off Pra-sand in Mount’s Bay, 
finite three-fourths of the rays caught are “Owls.” 
