IRISHES. CHONDROPTERIGIOUS. 6S. Squalus. 915 
Head iliort, Vroad, oLtufe ; eyes deep, pupil oblong, iris braft- 
colour ; teUh coinpreffed, (hort, triangular, (harp, with a 
leffer one at the bale of each, and difpoied in 6 rows ; tongue 
thick, Ihort, very obtufc ; temporal orifice round, largeilh '; 
dofjal fins nearly fquare, the lecond oppofite the anal ; pec- 
toral very large, originating at the third fpirade ; ventral 4^- 
tina, pointed' behind; Lateral line parallel with and near the 
back. 
‘^'^nicula Noflrjls furrounded with 3 lobe snd vermiforni appen- 
dage ; ventral fins diftind;. Spotted Dog-fijh. 
Inhabits moft fcas ; 4 feet long ; is very voracious and f^s 
chiefly on fifti ; body rcddilh -brown, with large diftintt 
black fpots, beneath white, a little comprefTed at each end'; 
the fkin when dried is ufed for various pdrpofes. 
Head linall; fnoiit fhort; eyes oblong; pupil fca-green, ms 
white ; mouth wide, oblong, with 3 rows of teeth ; tongue 
cartilaginous, and with the palate rough; vent before the, 
middle of the body; firft dorjal fin behind tli, ventral, fe. 
condlefs, and nearly oppofite the anal ; tai/ nsfrow, end-ng 
below in a (harp angle. 
*^«iulus. 
Noftrils covered with a lobe ^pd vermiform appendage ; 
ventral fins copneded. Leffer/potted Dog-fiJh, 
Inhabits the AVt/icm, Mediterranean znd /ndtan feas ; 2--3 
feet long ; very much in fhape and fpots refemblmg the laft. 
Head large; pupil black, iris white; /nsuf feiaipellucid ; 
mouth between thenolbils ; teeth ferrate, tricufpidate, curved 
inwards, the middle ones longer, in 4 rows; tongue broad, 
fraootli, looib; AacA round, the itdes a little comprelfed; tail 
longer than the body, the fin narrow ; firft dorjal fin oppcb 
fite to the ventral, and iinall, the fecoud oppofite the anal : 
the fet procured from its liver is fufpeaed of being 
poifonous. 
■aris. 
Lobes of the noftrils double, 
Inhabits the European ocean ; 2—6 feet bng ; feeds on cruf- 
taceous animals, moUufcae and leffer fifb ; body reddifb, with 
unequal blackifh fpots, beneath dirty -afh ; relemblcs S. Cani- 
cula, but the fpots are larger and fewer, the fnout a little 
longer, the tail a little fhorter, and the npftnls nearly clofed ; 
brings 19-20 young at a time. , , . , , 
Dorjal fmt equal, the firft a little behind the middle of the 
body, the fecond a little behind the apal. 
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*Ga!eus 
