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older Latin authors, Rhina five Squatus ; Ifidore, Squatus; and almofi all the modern- 
authors, limply, Squatina; Willughby and Ray call it Squatina Graecis Rhina ; Gef- 
ner, Squatina five Angelus marinus; Albertus and Cuba, Squamis. The Genoefe call 
it Pefce Angelo ; and we, the Monk-fifh, and in fome places the Angel-fifh, 
S Q^U ALL 
Divifion the ‘Third. 
Thofe which have acute teeth , and have no /pines or prickles on the back,. 
Squalus capite latiffimo , tranfverfo, mallei inflar. rw■**'»*■* m 
The Squalus , with a very broad, tranfverfe ham- dbfgmU, 02 
mer-like head. 
HpHIS is one of the mod: extraordinary fifh in the world in it’s form: the gene¬ 
ral fize is five or fix feet, but it grows to be much larger : the head is of the 
moft extraordinary figure of that of any fifh ; it is not oblong, and running in a line 
with the body, as in the generality of fifh, but is placed tranfverfely, and has the ap¬ 
pearance of the head of a hammer faftened to it’s handle: the eyes are large, and 
placed at the two extremities; the mouth is a tranfverfe cut on the lower part of the 
head, and is furnifhed with three or four rows of fharp teeth : the nofirils are fmall, 
and not very confpicuous, and the foramina at the eyes are oblong and large; the body 
is oblong, and is moderately thick; there are two back fins, and a pinna ani, which 
many of the preceding fpecies have not: the apertures of the gills are ten oblong flits, 
five on each fide, running from juft below the head toward the roots of the pedtoral 
fins: the tail is divided into two parts, and the upper of thefe is much longer than 
the under. 
This fpecies is fometimes caught in the Mediterranean, and fometimes in different 
parts of the Ocean. It is too fingular in it’s figure, to have efcaped the notice of the 
naturalifls of any period. Ariflotle calls it Z vy»tm ; fElian and Oppian, Zvydvix • the 
Latin writers, as well antient as modern, have taken Ariftotle’s name, and called it Zy- 
gsena; Ambrofius calls it Zigena ; and Gaza and Salvian, Libella. The Italians call 
it Ciambetta; and we, the Ballance-fifh, and the Hammer-headed Shark. 
Squalus cauda longiore quam ipfum corpus. 
The Squalus , with the tail longer than the body. JfOjT* 
This has obtained it’s common names of Vulpecula and the Sea-fox, from the ex¬ 
traordinary length of it’s tail: it is a large fifh, it’s weight often more than a hundred 
pounds •, it’s head is large, and of a fomewhat depreffed form, and acute; the mouth 
is fmall, and is fituated on the under part of the head, but at a fmalljdiftance only 
from the roftrum: the eyes are moderately large, and the nofirils are fufficiendy con¬ 
fpicuous : the body is thick, fhort, and rounded ; the back is of a dufky greyifh co¬ 
lour, with an admixture of bluifh and of brown ; the belly is white; the apertures of 
the gills are five on each fide, and reach in a feries from the back part of the head, 
nearly to the root of the pedtoral fins: the tail is of a very fingular figure; it is falca¬ 
ted, and, as it were, of the fhape of a fword-blade, only not ftraight: it is immode¬ 
rately long and narrow, in proportion. 
This fpecies is not unfrequent in the Mediterranean, but there has been no infiance 
of it’s being caught in the Ocean : the antients were very well acquainted with it. 
Ariftotle and Oppian call it ; Athenasus, ’Aawttwjc*? ; and fiElian, ©aAaVna y 
Pliny, Gefner, Willughby, and Ray call it Vulpes marina 5 Gefner, Vulpes galeus; 
^Rondelet, fimply, Vulpes; Salvian calls it Vulpecula; Aldrovand, Jonfton, and 
Charleton, Vulpecula marina; Bellonius, Simia marina. We call it the Sea-fox, and 
the Sea-ape, 
