. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE COMMON DOG-FISH. 195 at the end. whereas in the former they are of a diamond-like form. The color of the Rock Dog-tish is brownish-gray above, without the red tinge of the little dog-fish, and covered rather sparingly with large patches of blackish-brovvTi. Below it is whitish. The length of a fine specimen will sometimes be nearly a yard. Another species of Dog-fish, namely, the Black-mouthed Dog-fish, or the Eyed Dog- fish {Pristldurus melanbstomus), is mentioned by Mr. Yarrell amo
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE COMMON DOG-FISH. 195 at the end. whereas in the former they are of a diamond-like form. The color of the Rock Dog-tish is brownish-gray above, without the red tinge of the little dog-fish, and covered rather sparingly with large patches of blackish-brovvTi. Below it is whitish. The length of a fine specimen will sometimes be nearly a yard. Another species of Dog-fish, namely, the Black-mouthed Dog-fish, or the Eyed Dog- fish {Pristldurus melanbstomus), is mentioned by Mr. Yarrell among the list of European fishes. It may be at once distinguished from either of the preceding species by its large snout, and a ro^v of small, flat, and sharp-edged prickles, arranged in saw-like fashion on the upper rim of the tail fin. The generic title Pristidurus, or Saw-tail, is given to the fish in allusion to this peculiarit}-. Its color is light brown on the upper surface, spinnkled with spots, the smaller of which are scattered irregularly; and the larger arranged in four rows, two on each side. Its length is between two and three KOCK DOG-FISH.—&3(ffi«m catulus. The Dog-fish family includes six or more genera. The species number fifteen,—rather small sharks, chiefly of the Atlantic. The Black Dog-flshes are represented by one species, found lately off Gloucester, Massaciiusetts, by the naturalists of the United States Fishery Commission. It is a native in the Greenland seas. The CoMMO^sr Dog-fish, or Picked or Piked Dog-pish ; also called Bone-dog, from its potent bony weapons; also Skittle-dog, and Hoe. Its range in the Atlantic is very wide, being very abundant on the shores of the Northern and Middle States. Its oil, from the liver, is prized, and it forms an important item of commerce among the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appea
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