Blackmouth catshark, Galeus melastomus (Black-mouthed dog fish, Scyllium melanostomum). Hand-coloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, Ichthyology, British Fishes, Lizars, Edinburgh, 1843.

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