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Teige.
The bunch behind anus is prominent
The bump is high & sloped like this
Blubers Above the m plate with no markings. The cuticle (posterior) is strongly & regularly convex. The ant edge as what slightly convex.
Teeth 23. In the upper jaw there 17-19 were 24 teeth all but four of which (2 on each side) were eroded and in the jaws & could only be found by cutting into it. The teeth that were visible circ about the middle of the jaws.
Heart & Lung Very small in comparison with those of a V Blue, Fireback or Henpeacock.
Head The blubber is comparatively thin; next comes a layer about 6 or 7 thick of large tendons (about an inch dia) running fore & aft. Below this is to a second thick layer of fat thickly run through with small fibrous bundles. Next comes the spermatic case which contains blood in a more or less liquid