zygaena

Migrant pelagic include tunnies Thunnus spp., smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata guitarfish Rhinobatos spp., and smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena.

Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania 2009

By this change in the position of the parties, the zygaena had lost its advantage.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

The zygaena, hitherto holding its course ahead of the _Catamaran_, had become apprised of the catastrophe occurring among the crew.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

He knew that the zygaena, like others of its congeners, in seizing an object, requires to have that object _under_ it; otherwise, it is compelled to turn upon its back or side, just in proportion as the prey it would seize lies high or low in the water.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

Of course, the sailor, encumbered as he was by the half-lifeless form of the girl, would stand but little chance of making a successful defence against a shark, -- more especially such a monster as the zygaena; and it was the knowledge of this that had summoned Snowball to the rescue.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

It was this thought that was causing him anxiety, -- amounting almost to anguish, -- that caused him to plunge wildly through the water, -- to utter loud cries, and make other noisy demonstrations, -- with a view of distracting the attention of the zygaena from the victims it had fore-chosen, and drawing its attack upon himself.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

The cunning zygaena took no heed of either; but with its dark dorsal fin, set like a well-bent sail, it kept straight on towards the easier victims.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

The plunge which Snowball had made as he sprang out into the water had caused the zygaena to swerve from its course; and for some moments it swam towards _him_, as if determined upon changing the object of its attack; but whether not liking the looks of the Coromantee or frayed by his bold attitude in making directly towards it, it shied back into its former course, and kept on towards the others.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

No wonder, therefore, that the victims which the zygaena had selected for its attack remained unconscious of its approach; and it was only on seeing Snowball spring out from the _Catamaran_, and swim towards him, that the sailor suspected the proximity of a shark.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

The shriek that followed appeared to proceed from only the half of his body; for the other half, completely dissevered, had been already carried off between the terrible teeth of the _zygaena_.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850