PLATS 10 7 
PLATE CXL 
CHIMERA MONSTROSA. 
SEA MONSTER. 
****** PISCES CIIONDROPTERYGII. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Wead pointed above : spiracle single, quadripartite, and under the 
neck : mouth placed beneath : upper lip five cleft: cutting teeth two 
jn front both above and below: body elongated: dorsal spine 
single. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Snout with porous folds beneath : tail filiform. 
Chimera Monstrosa: rostro subtus plicis pertusis, cauda fili- 
form!. 
Chimera Monstrosa: rostro subtus plicis pertusis. Linn. 
Faun. Suec. 294. 
Chimaera Monstrosa. Bloch Ausl. Fisch. I. p. 161. n. 1. t. 
124. 
Chimera. A scan. ic. rev , natur. t. 15. 
Squalus cauda longiore, quam ipsum corpus. Art. Gen. 68. 
Genus Galci. Jonst. pise. t. 44 .f. 2. 
jSimia marina. Gesn. aq.p. 877. ic. anim.p. 153. 
