From the black markings on the tips of its fins, I recognized the dreadful Squalus melanopterus from the seas of the East Indies, a variety in the species of sharks proper.

看到那鳍梢现出的黑颜色，我认出这条鲨鱼就是印度海中厉害怕人的黑鲨鱼，真正所谓鲨鱼的一种。