'922 FISHES. CH6nDR 0PTERIGI0US. 68. Squalus- 
' , cornprcScj, wedged, thin on the fore- part, obtufe ‘ 
cid ; eyes lateral, oblong, iris bluclfli-white ; near the 
ral crijice ire 4 rows of molll pores •, nojlrils double, ^ jj 
way between the end of the fnout and -mouth 'vhic 
trail iVerfe ; teeth finall, in h or 3 rows; belly hroA 
lateral line ftraight ; Jins bkckifh ; firft ray of each 
Sn fpinous, white, triangular, and laid to be poifonous, 
' curved at the tip, 2\ inches long ; tail finned for a conn 
able length up, the upper lobe longer. 
\Jctckjonii. Eyes with a prominence over them each fide ; before 
of the dorfal fins a llrong fpinc. 
Inhabits Port jfackfon ; 3 feet long ; body tapering > 
rough, above brown, beneath paler. 
Phillips Hot. Hay, page 2%^. 
Head loinewhat convex ; teeth numerous, in many rovvs, S j 
as they are placed backwards, fornilhg a bony plate ; ^P* 
part of the tail lower. 
Spinax, Body beneath blackiflt, jj. 
InliabLts the Ocean, and m its fpinous back-fins very 
fembles the lall. 
Sqiiamofus. Body coated with fmall oblong fcales. jd 
Body 3 feet long, thick, round, refembling the nc.xt, 
having a longitudinal elevated line of fcales doW^' 
middle. 
Eyes oblong, placed above the mouth and before the 
orifice ; fnout oblong, depreffed ; nujlrils large, parti)' 
vered with a membranaceous lobe ; mouth arched i. ’ j; 
nearly fquarc, angular at the edge, the lower ones 1*^ fj:, 
dorfal fins oblong, covering nearly the whole of the h 
the middle ray fpinous, the anterior one larger, narro""*^ 
hind, the next behind the ventral ; pectoral narro've** ^ 
wards the bafe ; ventral femioval, near the tail, tvh'^ 
rounded on the fore-part and dilated towards the end. 
' Centrina. Body nearly triangular. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean 1 3 — 4 feet long ; body 
' , brown, carinate, beneath whitifli, broad ; fkin covers' 
liard,- ere£l tubercles flefh very hard. 
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