THE 
APPENDICULATED SHARK. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Mouth situated beneath the anterior part of the 
head, with numerous teeth disposed in 
rows. 
Spiracles on each side the neck, in most species 
five in number. 
Body oblong, somewhat cylindric. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, ^c. 
Brown SHARK, with pale subocellated spots, 
and mouth fringed on each side with cuta¬ 
neous appendages. 
Watt’s SHARK. 
Phillips's Voyage to Botany Bay, p. 285. 
This species is considered as one of the smallest of 
its genus, the specimens hitherto observed, having 
rarely exceeded the length of three feet. It is a native 
of the Antardic seas. 
