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CHIMiEEA. 
The gill openings on eacli side outwardly single; upper lip divided 
into two portions' the fore teeth cutting, two only, above and below. 
ARCTIC CHIMA5RA. 
KABBIT FISH. SEA APE. KING OF THE HEB.RINGS. 
Sinnia W/arvna, Gesner; !N*onienclator Aquatiliuin. p, 153, 
copied by Jonston, pi. 7, fig. 6. 
Galeus acanthias Ghisii exoUcws, WiLLOUGiiny; p. 67, tab. b. 9, copied 
apparently from Clusius, whose figure 
was from a badly-dried skin 
OhimcBra monstrosa, Linnaeus. 
Chitn&re Avctigu&t Ijacbpede and Eisso , the Oaf, ol the 
latter also. 
Among the aberrant forms which lie upon the outskirts of 
the families of Sharks and Skates without bearing a very 
close resemblance to either, is the Linnsean genus Ckimwra, 
which, although consisting of no more than two recognised 
species, has been separated into two distinct genera; and that 
one which particularly comes under our notice is among the 
most remarkable of fishes, whether we consider its shape and 
habits, or the coldness of the climate in which it finds its 
safety and delight. The far greater number of the species in 
the families above named, are inhabitants of the warm or 
temperate regions of the ocean; but the Chimsera and its 
kindred species the CaUorhynchus, frequent the coldest por- 
tions of the globe; but what is still more extraordinary, 
these closely-allied fishes are known only in regions wide as 
the poles asunder. 
It is the Chimsera, or to call it by its humbler and more 
