49 
SPlIfAX. 
..n.fi. M .uh.„t . ao&i, j, .Lrs;".e r ""' “ "»• 
PICKED DOG. 
SPUR DOG. BONE DOG, 
is called skittle dog^^P ''' Cornwall the male 
ttle dog. Pre-eminently this fish is called 
the dogeish. 
Gaktcs accmtUas gazas, 
" « » 
SqualuB acantlvias, 
8 quale aiguillat, 
Common dogfish, 
“ II 
‘I II 
Acanthias vulgaris. 
JonNsON; Mustela spinax, sihi 
p. 27, tab. 8, f. 6. 
Artedi and Linn^us. 
Lacepede. Bloch; pi. 85. 
Eisso; p. 40. Donovan; pi, 82. 
Plemino; Br. An., p. 166. 
Jentns; Manual, p. 506. 
Yarhell; Br. Pishes, vol. ii, p. 52< 
SAY; Cat. Br. Museum, p. 131 . 
Regarding the scientific, or what is termed the trivial 
of this fish, there is a degree of uncertainty in the ollr 
ansing from the fact that there is another species whl I T’ 
istaguished by bearing a similar arming of spines on die 
back, and which is in some other respects much like our 
