14 
ROUGH HOUND. 
LESSER SPOTTED DOGFISH. ROWHOTJND, tllC aiicieilt 
pronunciation of Eougli. morghx. 
Sqiialiis catulus, 
Gatulus minor, 
“ aristoielis, 
« « 
Scyllmm eatulus, 
Bquale roussctte, 
it it 
t( H 
LlNNiETIS. 
■Willoughby Eay; Tab. B. 4 
JoNSTON, Article 2, Pniictmn 2. 
Donovan’s Figures of British Fishes, FTo. 65. 
Fleming’s Br. Animals, p. 165, but this author 
is confused in his account of these fishes. 
Lacepede; Poissons, vol. ii. 
Jenyns’ Manual, p. 495. 
Taeeeii,’s British Fishes, 2ud. ed., vol. ii., 
p. 487. 
Bloch’s Figures; Squahis eatulus, Lesser 
Kough Hound, Ho. 1 14, a bad figure, probably 
taken, as also that of the Nurse Hound, 
from a badly-dried skin. 
This species has much the same habits as the Nurse Hound, 
in keeping near the bottom, and prowling about in search of 
crustaceous animals and small fishes j but it is more freq^uently 
caught with the line, and that too at all seasons, as well as 
at a less depth of water. I have found it ready to shed its 
purses in April, hut the more usual time is in summer and 
autumn, when it is common to find them in pairs in the body 
of the fish; and also eggs before their full development in 
considerable numbers. These purses are much smaller than 
those of the Nurse Hound, less firm in texture, of a different 
shape and a pale yellow colour; with slender tendrils at the 
corners, that at first may be stretched out to the length of a 
couple of feet. These, as in the case of the Nurse Hound, 
serve the purpose of mooring the egg-case to some fixed ob- 
ject; and to ensure its safety the fish at first passes with it 
