920 FISHES. CHONDROPTERIGIOUS. 6S. Squalus- 
triple row, the inner row bent inwards, the others turned 
•wards; teet/i white, fliarp, fmooth, e -edged, rvith an 
procefs at the bale on either fide ; tongue, rvhite, Ihort, cat 
laginous; blueifii before, whitifli behind; firft * 
ojipofite ttie peftdral, about 1 5 inches from tlie point of 
noie, lecond equal t<i and nearly oppolite the anal, ta i*at| 
behind the firft; ptCtoralznA ventral iemilunar behit’.d; “ 
tween the ventral fins a longitudinal aperture ; tatl lu"^ ’ 
vertical, the upper lobe nearly a third longer than the lo"'*^ ’ 
•with a lunar foll'ulc near it, the points towards the tail. 
* tambri- 
cus. 
Snout fliort, 
tail. 
the 
blunt j body cylindrical, annulate near 
Beaumaur‘S 
Inhabits the Britijh coafls: 7 feet Ibng ; very much releW*’ ^ 
the laft, except that it does not taper fo much towards 
end ; body lead-colour, finoothilli, j 
aV<y?rtYr fmall ; jaajs-whh 3 rowsof (lender, (harp teeth, flatto'^^ 
each fide, farni(hed at the bale with 2 (harp procelfeSj 
may be raifed or deprelTed at pleafure ; firft dor/al fin 
the head than the tail, triangular, lecond very (mall, j 
near the tail ; pectoral ftrong, large; ventral and anal 1®*, ^ 
tail (lightly lunar, the horns unequal ; fpace bet\v^^'* ^ ^ 
fecouddorlal fin and tail much deprelfed, the (ides forming® 
acute angle, with a tranfverfe folVule above and below. 
Cinercuj. Srjirades 7 each fide. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean ; 3 feet long ; body glaucouS) 
little rough. , 
Eyes large, placed at equal diftances between the tip of the 
and firft Cpiracle ; fcet/i comprelTed, fharp, feparate, aK , 
recumbent at the fide, turned downwards and back'^'^’^Lj 
/piracies laege ; lateral line diftinft ; vent a little befor® 
middle of the body ; dor/d fin (ingle, in the middle 
body, larger than the anal ; pectoral placed behind th® ® 
fgiracle ; tail 2-lobed. 
’*Md.ximus Teeth conic, not ferrate. 
.ro<Jr 
Inhabits the ArBic and European leas, and grows to a p", jt 
gious (ize ; feeds on the fmaller cetaceous animals, ■vvhi‘^'’^t 
fv/allows whole ; migrates and appears at certain times in 
Ihoals; is fond of lying near the (urface of the water fn*^ j 
fake of warming itfeif by the fun ; the liver is very large* 
produces a large quantity of pure oil ; is not very fierce-^^^j 
