The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . nd the short tail, giveit a clumsy appearance ; its skin is very rough. Scymnus, the Greenland Shark, is more abun-dant in the Arctic seas, and is large and vora-cious; but is understood not to attack Man. Zygaiia, forms a second genus. Like theSharks in the body, but with the snout singu-larly produced, forming two pieces like a double-h aded hammer, with an eye in the middle ofeach extremity. The species of the Europeanseas grow to the length of twelve feet
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . nd the short tail, giveit a clumsy appearance ; its skin is very rough. Scymnus, the Greenland Shark, is more abun-dant in the Arctic seas, and is large and vora-cious; but is understood not to attack Man. Zygaiia, forms a second genus. Like theSharks in the body, but with the snout singu-larly produced, forming two pieces like a double-h aded hammer, with an eye in the middle ofeach extremity. The species of the Europeanseas grow to the length of twelve feet, [and webelieve larger ones are met with in southernlatitudes], Squalina, the Angel Fish, has spiracles andwants the anal ; but it has the mouth at the endof the muzzle; the eyes in the upper part ofthe head ; the head round ; the body broad andflattened horizontally; the pectorals large andfar forward, but separated from the back by aFig Shark. g,;j jj, the gill-openings ; their two dorsals are beliind the ventrals, and the caudal is attached both to the upper and under sides of the termination of the
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