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JFISHES. CHONDROPTERIGIOUS. 68. Squalu^' 
Iltud lengthened out on each fide like a hammer, convex 
and below ; tyes placed at the extremities of the ■windenedl’*^’ j 
prominent and dire^led downwards ; near the edge of the h^^ ^ 
beneath arc placed the oblong nollrils, covered with a 
brane ^ mouth arched, near the commencement of the trtttt * 
teeth broad, pointed, Icrrate each iide, in 3 4 rows in 
jaws ; tongue thick broad, relembling that in the human hr® ' 
tody elongated, rouijd, tapering ; fns lunate at the ed§^ 
cinereous, black at the bale ; vent ral dillinft ; , 
hinder dorfai fmall j anterior dorfal large, near the he* ’ 
till long. 
Head very broad, heart-lhapcd. » 
Inhabits the South American feas ; very much refembles the i* ' 
txcept that the head, Jidlead of hemg widened each 
a long proccib, is rather fubtriangular and rounded oh “ 
front ; tins glaucous. 
Spiracles 6 each fide. 
Inhabits the .VfediterriZBfiJB,' a-| feet long ; body mouCe-co^^'^( 
a little rough ; in the drie^l Ikin there is the appeatatw^ 
fmall fcales, with an elevated line in the middle. .j], 
Head deprelTed, obtute ; mouth large, arched ; lower jet^ 
many rows of large, comprefled, fubquadrate, ferrate 
upper jaw at the fidcs with a tingle row, on tliefore-paf'^j, 
teeth are long, lliai’p, not ferrate, narrower, longer and lh*'F 
than thofe on the tides; nojlrils near the end of the ibe' | 
and nearly covered with a flap ; f piracies large, approxin’^j ^ 
lateral line defaced; dorfai fin finglc, before the anal) *” 
little larger; pectoral horizontal; ventral femioval; 
fmall, obtufe on the fore-part, jiointed behind. 
Upper lobe of the tail as long as the body. , 0 , 
Sea-fox. Long-to't^‘ 
Inhabits the Mediterranean fca, and often wanders o'’ ((j 
Britijh coafes : 7 feet long ; body abm-e blueith-ath, beo'^* 
paler; fcales very minute ; is exceedingly voracious. 
Head conic, fhort ; eyes large ; jaws with 3 rows of triat'g’*’ ,/ 
compieircd, fharp teeth, not ferrate; obtufe; 
line tlraight ; firtl dorfai fin in the middle of the back, Jej 
end of which is a triangular hollow; the other oppoli'® * , 
anal, and fomewliat e-lobed ; ventral vetv near each 
anal pointed ; lower lobe of tlie tail liardly a foot long’ *' 
upper fakate and 6 times as long. 
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