352 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISIIES, 



extending to the dorsal, which is nearer to the ventrals than to 

 the root of the pectorals. Tail and caudal fin slender. 



Port Arthur (Tasmania). 



1075. Carcharias gangeticus, Mull. & Henle. 



Mull. & Henle, p. 39, pi. 13.— Dum., Elasmobr. p. 359.— Gunth. 



Cat. Fishes VIII., p. 367. 



Snout very short and obtuse ; nostrils very close to the extremity 

 of the snout. Teeth serrated, 27/27-30/30, those of the upper 

 jaw triangular, their outer edge with a slight trace of a notch ; 

 those of the lower jaw denticulated like the upper, erect, narrow, 

 with broad base. Pectoral fin elongate, falciform. The first 

 dorsal fin commences immediately behind the base of the pectoral 

 and has the anterior margin not convex. 



Port Jackson. Length thirty inches. 



1076. Carcharias bractiyurus, Gunth. 

 Gunth., Cat. Pishes, VIII., p. 369. 



Snout rather pointed, of moderate length, the distance between 

 its end and the mouth being more than the length of the mouth, 

 and about two-thirds of its width. Nostrils much nearer to tho 

 mouth than to the end of the snout, but nearer to the end of the 

 snout, than to the angle of the mouth. Teeth in the upper jaw 

 oblique, serrated on both margins, and with a deej) notch on tho 

 outer margin ; teeth of the lower jaw narrow, erect, lanceolate, 

 serrated, on a broad two-rooted base. Gill-openings at least 

 twice as wide as the eye. Pectoral fins narrow, pointed, falciform, 

 the length of their inner margin being one-fourth of that of the 

 outer. Dorsal fin rather nearer to the pectorals than to the 

 ventrals, its distance from the pectorals being but littlo less than 

 the length of its base. The second dorsal very small, shorter 

 and lower than tho anal. Origin of tho anal opposite to that of 

 tho second dorsal, and midway between tho ventral and caudal 



