AMPHIBIA NANTES. SQUALUS. 
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The situation and shape of the fins, as expressed in the figure; the inferior lobe of the caudal fin somewhat 
falcate. 
The upper part of the head, back, and sides, dusky; the belly and parts below whitish. 
r Inches. Lines. 
Length, from the root of the rostrum to the caudal fin - - - - • 
to the first dorsal fin 
from the first to the second dorsal fin 
of the rostrum - 
of the caudal fin 
distance between the eyes 
14 
7 
2 
7 
2 
1 
6 
6 
8 
6 
8 
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REMARKS. 
This and the Zygaena are rather rare at Vizagapatam, and are seldom brought larger than twenty inches, or 
two feet, in length. I never happened to meet with either at sea. 
No. XIV. 
Soualus corpore sub-rotundo ; foraminibus ad oculos nidlis ; dentibus acatis. 
The Squalus with a roundish body ; no apertures behind the eyes; the teeth sharp. 
Called by the Natives Pala Sorra. 
The head oblong, depressed; rostrum obtuse, thin, pellucid. The mouth, about an inch and a half from the 
point of the nose, set with teeth in several rows. 
The fins. The pectoral or lateral fins, close to the posterior spiracula; the first dorsal rises half an inch 
farther back, and the second (which was very small) two inches from the first; the anal, a little before the 
second dorsal; the slanting extremity of the caudal fin emarginate. 
The colour , of the upper parts, darkish; of the belly, a dull white. The skin appears to be smooth, but feels 
rough when stroked upwards. 
The subject measured eight inches, from the point of the rostrum to the tail; the caudal fin three inches. 
No. XV. 
Squalus foraminibus nidlis ad oculos; naribus remotioribus ; pinna caudali obliqua, Integra. 
The Soualus with no apertures behind the eyes; the nostrils distant; the oblique caudal 
fin entire. 
Called by the Natives Sorra Kowah. 
This differs chiefly from the last in the distance of the nostrils from the eyes; and the size and shape of the 
caudal fin. In the want of the foramina, in the mouth, teeth, the disposition of the fins, and roughness of the 
skin, they agree. There is no visible lateral line. 
The colour, is a little lighter than the former. 
Inches. Lines. 
The length to the tail -------go 
of the caudal fin ------ 3 6 
