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fGakus. 
fMuftdus, 
Cirraius, 
Barbatus. 
figrinus. 
FISHES. CHONDROPTERIGIOUS. 68. Squalus. 
Teeth nearly triangular, ferrate on the inner edge. 
Inhabits the European ocean ; above 3 feet long ; body 
cinereous, beneath paler, elongated, round ; is exceedu^e^^ 
voracious and will iollow its prey to the very edge of ^ 
fhore. , 
Eyes placed midway between the tip of the fnout and 
racle; fnout elongated, depreffed ; tongue large, j 
nojirils near the gape of the mouth, and partly cloled by 
fhort flap ; temporal orifee very Cnall ; vent before the a'/ ^ 
die of the body ; fccond dorfa L fin lels, equal to and he ” ■, 
the anal which is pointed behind ; tail large, the fin loha'^ ’ 
lateral lin^ obfolete. 
> Teeth very finall, obtufe. Smooth 
Inhabits European and Pacific Teas ; 2 feet long. 
Snout conic, covered with mucous pores; nojirils c .-e 
vered with a flap ; firft fin nearly triangular, 
the ventral, fccond twice as large as the anal which is 
ventral in the middle of the body, as fmall again as the 
tpral ; caudal forked, the upper lobe longer. 
Noftrils 'With a vvorm-fhaped appendage. 
inhabits the American and Pacific leas ; 1—5 feet long 5 
coated with large, flat, fhining leales ; when young is ‘P® 
ted with black. 
Head deprefled ; fnout fhort, obtufe ; eyes and temporal 
fmall ; lips thick at the fides ; teeth numerous, lharp, 
dilated at the bale ; 2 hindmofl Jpiraclts approximate ; j 
in the middle ; firfl dorfal fin oppofite the yentral ; **** 
fmalL ; tail the length of the whple body. 
Gape of the mouth bearded with vermiform appcndag^^!|, 
Inhabits Hew Holland; 3-1 feet long; body covered 
Cijall, hard, fmooth, firming fcales, and marked with 
fpots, round and angular, furrounded with a white circfc; , 
Head large, deprefled, fhort ; teeth lanceolate, in many 
cirri unequal, about ^ an inch long, here and there 
1 before the noftrils ; temporal orifice large ; vent in the t®' 
die ; firft dorfial fin oppofite the vent ; tail fubdivided. 
Tail elongated ; 2 hindmofl fpiracles confluent. 
Inhabits the Indian ocean; 15 feet long; body thick) 
* long, black, with irregular white fpots aird bands ; feeds ° 
teftaceous animals and crabs. J 
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