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Family CARCHARIID.^. 

 Genus (JAi.ias, Rafinesijue. 

 Galei's alstralis, Macleay. 

 School Shark, 

 iuileus uustralis, Macleax , Proc. Linn. vSoc. N.S. Wales, vi., 

 1881, p. 354. 

 Six small examples, each about 110 mm. long, were 

 ■obtained in Oyster Bay, Tasmania. 



Gexus Pkionace, Cantor. 



Pkionace GLAi ca, IJuuceus. 



Blue Shark. 



Sijiialus glaiicus, Linnanis, S\ st. Nat., loth ed., 1758, p. 235. 



A number of specimens of this widely distributed species 



were caught with hand-lines off the South Australian coast. 



Family SPHVRNID^. 



Genus Simivkxa, Rafitiesque. 



Sphyrxa lewixi, Lord. 



Hammer-headed Shark. 



Zyf:;(ena leivini. Lord in Griffith, Anim. Kingd., x., 1834, 

 p. 640. 

 One small male from the east coast of Flinders Island, Bass 

 Strait. 



Family SQUALID^. 

 Gexus Squalus, Linnceus. 

 SguALUS MEGALOPS, Macleay. 

 Dog- fish. 

 Acanthias me galops, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 vi., 1881, p. 367. 

 Numerous examples of this species were preserved from off 

 Babel and Flinders Islands, Bass Strait. 



Family PRISTIOPHORID.^. 



Gexus Pristiophorus, M'liller and Henle. 



Pristiophorus cirratus, Latham. 



Saw Shark. 



Pristis cirratus, Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc, ii., 1794, p. 281. 

 pi. xxvi., tig. 5, and pi. xxvii. 

 Numerous foetal specimens and several young of this species 

 are in the collection from Shoalhaven Bight, New South 

 Wales, 15-45 fathoms, and north of (ioose Island, Bass 

 Strait. 



