298 The Hijlory of A N I M A L S. 
The fpecies of this genus are numerous, and may be conveniently arranged under 
feveral diviftons. 
S CL U A L L 
Divifion the Firfl. 
Thofe which have granulous teeth. 
Squalus roflro longo, cufpidato , offeo , piano , utrinque 
dentato . 
The Squalus , the rojlrum very long , flat , rzW 
taW both fldes. 
/“TpHIS is one of the moft Angular of the whole fifh-kind : 
!• confiderable fize, often, including the faw or roftrum, to twelve or more feet, and 
it is very thick, in proportion. The head is large, and terminates in this lingular pro¬ 
minence, which is three or four feet, or more, in length, and is of a bony ftru&ure, 
flat, of a brownifh colour, and furnifhed all along, on both Tides, with very long, 
robuft, and fharp teeth, or denticulations: the mouth is placed in the under part of 
the head, and is moderately large, and not round, but tranfverfe and wide : the teeth 
are large, but not long; the apertures of the gills are five long flits on each fide to¬ 
ward the head ; the body is of a rounded figure, and the fkin is very firm, hard, and 
rough : the tail is divided into two parts, and the upper divifion is much longer than 
the other. 
This fingular fifh was well known to the antients. Ariftotle call it Ufirns 3 Athe- 
nteus and Oppian alfo give it the fame name ; fElian calls it Iipn're? 3 Pliny and moft 
of the old Latin writers, as well as moft of the moderns, call it Prifiis 3 Charleton, 
Priftis, Serra3 and Clufius, Rondelet, and others, Priftis five Serra pifcis3 feme, lim¬ 
ply, Serra 5 and others, Serra marina. We call it the Saw-fifh. 
Squalus Icevis dentibus obtufls . 3 Zl)t flltOOtl) 
The fmooth-Jkinned Squalus , with obtufe teeth. 
This is a large fifh, though much inferior to the former in fize: the head is mode¬ 
rately thick, and of a deprefied form 3 the roftrum is obtufe 3 the mouth is large, and the 
teeth are numerous, but they are fhort, thick, obtufe, and granulous: the noftrils are 
very confpicuous, and have each two apertures 3 the eyes are large, and ftand pretty 
high on the head, but not on it’s top, but at the fides 3 the body is oblong, and of a 
rounded form 3 the fkin is fmooth : toward the head there are five apertures to the gills 
on each fide 5 they ftand in a line running from the head to the pedoral fins j there are 
two back fins; the pinna ani is but one : the tail is forked or divided into two parts, 
and the upper portion is much longer than the other. 
We have this fpecies in our own feas, but it is more frequent in thofe of Denmark 
and Norway : the Greeks were well acquainted with it. Ariftotle, Athenasus, and 
Oppian call it a; Bellonius, Rondelet, Gefner, and Charleton, Galeus 
laevis j Aldrovand, Galei lasvis fpecies ex Gefnero; Salvian and jonfton, Muftelus las— 
vis; and Willughby and Ray, Muftelus laevis primus; and we, the fmooth or un- 
prickly Hound. And, befide thefe, we have a whole feries of other names for it, un¬ 
der it’s occafional varieties. Ariftotle, under it’s ftellated form, calls it ; Op¬ 
pian and Athenaeus, l'uXt©* aVepfa? j Bellonius and Gefner, Galeus Afterias; and Ron¬ 
delet, Aldrovand, and Willughby, Galeus ftellatus $ Salvian, Muftelus ftellaris five 
varius 3 and Jonfton, Muftelus Afterias. 
it grows to a very 
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