BY W. MACLEAY, F.L.S. 359 



" The Grey Nurse" of the Sydney Fishermen. 



The first tooth of the upper jaw not smaller than the second. 

 One or two small teeth between the third and fourth long- tooth 

 on each side of the upper jaw. Long teeth with a single small 

 cusp on each side of the base. The first dorsal fin very close to 

 the root of the ventral. Length ten feet. 



Port Jackson, Tasmania, South Australia. 



Genus Alopecias, Mull. & Henle. 



The first dorsal fin opposite to the space between the pectoral 

 and ventral fins, without spine ; the second dorsal and anal very 

 small. Caudal fin of extraordinary length, with a pit at its root. 

 No keel on the side of the tail. No nictitating membrane. 

 Spiracles immediately behind the eye, minute or sometimes absent. 

 Mouth crescent-shaped. Teeth equal in both jaws, of moderate 

 size, flat, triangular, not serrated. Gill-openings of moderate 

 width. 



Temperate and Tropical Seas. 



1085. Alopecias vulpes, L. 



Mull. & Henle, p. 74, pi. 35, fig. 1, teeth.— Gunth., Cat. Fishes, 



VIII., p. 393 



The third tooth on each side of the upper jaw much smaller 

 than the others. Pectoral fins large, falciform. Tail half or 

 more than half the total length. 



Port Jackson (Macl. Mus.) Length seven feet. 



Family III. NOTIDANILVE. 

 Characters of the single genus. 



Genus Notidanus, Cuv. 



One dorsal fin only, without spine, opposite to the anal. No 

 pit at the root of the caudal fin. No nictitating membrane. 



