30 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY - IV. 

 :17. I.. < 01 inil>M :i ilimel.l Fleming. Ilfitmiiiiri* >'//<//. ; I'/irlmi,/!,' ; Tope. 



Snout conical, pointed, rather longer than tin- cleft () f the mouth; 

 teeth } - or " on each side ( ' ; or "' in Kuropcan specimens, fide (liinther) ; 



11 10 1.' 14 



the third tooth on each side in the upper jaw small : lirst dorsal begin- 

 ning over the axil of the pectorals; color -ray. A la rye and tierce 

 shark of the North Atlantic, not till lately recorded from our coast. (A 

 specimen in the Museum of Mutler University, from 'which the above 

 account was taken, was obtained by Dr. T. II. l>ean at Wood's Hole, 

 Mass, 



Si/iinliin : ciiriiiiliii-iix (imelin, L. i, 1497; Giinthrr, viii, '.W.) 



2.--CARCIf AKODON Smith, 18. 

 Great White Shark*. 



(Sir Andrew Smith. 1'ror. (Jeol. Sue. London, : type f.'archtirndnn cupaixix Smitli-^C. 

 rondeleti.) 



This genus dilfers from Isuriix chielly iu the dentition, the teeth being 

 large, Mat, erect, regularly triangular, their edges serrated; first dorsal 

 moderate, nearly midway between pectorals and ventrals; second dorsal 

 and anal very small; pectoral large, ventrals moderate; caudal -peduncle 

 rather stout; spiracles minute or alisnit. Sharks of very large size ; 

 found in most seas, (-/.'/.fr/an,,;, rough; <'^<-^ tooth.) 



38. <!. roill<'loli Miiller \- llenle. Mnn-rttti-r Shark; Atirood'x Xhttrk. 



Hody stout, depth about -U in total length: mouth very large; both 

 jaws with live rows of large, triangular, serrated teeth, those in the 

 lower jaw narrower, about "- in each row ; first dorsal somewhat behind 



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pectorals; caudal tin large and strong. Color leaden gray; tips and 

 eil-cs of pectorals black (Siorcr). One of the largest of the sharks, 

 reaching a length of lift ecu feet and the weight of nearly a ton. It is 

 found in all temperate and tropical seas, but is rare on our coasts. 

 American specimens have been named ('. <t/ir<>otli, but are probably not 

 distinct from the Km opcaii. 



Mullc-i <\ llenle, PlagiostoniOB, ?0j (iiinllier, viii, :!'.(,': Ctirrlniriiis ntirnntli Stofer, 



Moaa. .': 



FAMILY XFI. ('K'H )IMIINI D/E. 



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I The /ia.^ 



Shark> of immense si/.e, with the gill openings extremely wide, ex- 

 tending from the hack ncarl.N to the median line of the throat; all of 

 I lii-m in front of the pectorals; mouth moderate, the teeth very small, 



