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THE 
HAMMER-HEADED SHARK. 
Generic Character. 
Spiracula five on each fide the neck. 
Body oblong, fomewhat cylindric. 
Mouth fituated beneath, in the fore part of the 
head. 
Specific Character, £sV. 
SHARK with tranfverfe hammer-fhaped head, 
The ZYGiRNA. 
The BALANCE-FISH. 
This fifh is readily diftinguifhed from all others 
by the ft range and uncouth fhape of its head. It v 
fometimes grows to the length of fix feet, and is 
principally feen in the Mediterranean. 
