368 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



smooth edges. No nictitating membrane. Spiracles wide, on 

 the side of the neck. Gill-openings, very narrow, in a groove. 



Tropical Seas. 



1102. Isistius braziliensis, Quoy & Gairu. 



Mull. Henle, p. 92. — Duni., Elasmobr., p. 453. — Gunth., Cat. 



Fishes VIII., p. 429. 

 Leiusferox, Kner, Denkschr., Ak. Wiss. Wien., pi. 4. fig. 2. 



Twenty-five teeth in the lower jaw. Scales minute, granular. 

 The first dorsal fin immediately in front of the ventrals. Some- 

 times a broad dark band across the chest. 



Australia (Kner). 



Family VII. EHINIDiE. 

 Characters of the single genus. 



Genus Ehina, Klein. 



Body depressed, fiat. Mouth anterior. Pectoral fins large, 

 expanded in the plane of the body, with the basal portion pro- 

 longed forwards, but not grown to the head. Gill-openings 

 rather wide, lateral, partly covered by the base of the pectoral. 

 Spiracles wide, behind the eyes. Nostrils with skinny flaps, on 

 the margin of the snout. Teeth conical, pointed, distant. Dorsal 

 fins on the tail, without spines ; no anal fin. Males with small 

 prehensile appendages. 



Temperate and Tropical Seas. 



1103. KlILNA SQUATINA, L. 



Gunth., Cat. Fishes VIII., p. 430. (Many synonyms). 

 " The Angel Shark" of Fishermen. 



This is the only species of the genus. It nearly approaches 

 the Eays. The colour is uniform dark brown. Length from 

 two to four feet. 



Coasts of Australia, Port Jackson. 



