FISIIKS (iF Ni;\V YORK 



Inches Lines 



From tip of snout to nostril 10 



From nostril to mouth 10 



From mouth to anus 10 6 



From anus to anal fin 2 6 



Base of anal fin 1 



Hig-ht of anal fin 1 



From anal fin to caudal 1 9 



Length of caudal fin 7 



Distance from pectoral to ventral 4 6 



Base of first dorsal fin 2 3 



Might of first dorsal fin 2 5 



Base of second dorsal fin 1 



Hig-ht of second dorsal fin 7 



Length of pectoral fin 4 



Width of pectoral fin 2 4 



Distance between nostrils 1 6 



Width of mouth . 



Genus SCOLIODON Miiller & Henle 



Body slender; snout depressed; no spiracles; teeth entire or 

 little serrated, oblique and flat, the points directed sidewise so- 

 that the inner margins are more or less nearly horizontal, the 

 teeth in front more nearly erect; teeth not swollen at the base,, 

 each of them with a deep notch on the outer margin below the 

 sharp point; labial folds conspicuous; first dorsal over the inter- 

 space between pectorals and ventrals; second dorsal very small; 

 ventrals small; size small. 



12 Scoliodon terrae novae (Richardson) 



Sharp-nosed Shark 



Squalus (Carcliarias) terrae-nome RICHARDSON, Fauna Bor.-Amer. 281), 1836. 

 Carcliarias terrae-novae GUNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. VIII, 360. 1S70. 

 CarcJiarias (Scoliodon) terrae-nowe GILL, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. A. 59,. 



1861. 



Squaltts punctatus MITCHILL, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. I, 4S3, 1815. 

 Scoliodon terrae-novae JORDAN & GILBERT, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 24, 



1883; JORDAN & EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 43, 1896. 



Snout moderately rounded; mouth U-shaped, with a short 

 labial groove at its angle extending on both jaws; distance from 

 tip of snout to nostril less than distance between nostrils; gill 

 openings narrow; first dorsal moderate, midway between pec- 



