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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dog·fish n. Zool.
 1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc.
 Note:The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and Scyllium canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.
 2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.
 3. The burbot of Lake Erie.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hound·fish n. Zool. Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (Galeus canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.
 Note:The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium catulus.  The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar.