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of the pectoral. Dorsal spines strong, much exposed, subtriangular in cross 

 section, with grooved sides. First dorsal entirely in the forward half of the 

 total length, base without the spine equal the height, origin above the outer 

 angle of the pectoral, hinder angle much produced. Spine of second dorsal 

 above the middle of the free portions of the vehtrals, fin three fourths as high as 

 that of the first dorsal, hind angle long pointed, end less than half the length of 

 the base from the caudal. Caudal with well developed lower lobe, a slight notch 

 separating the subcaudal from the terminal. Pectorals wide, outer angle 

 rounded, hinder produced in a slender extremity reaching beyond the middle of 

 the dorsal base. Scales with keels or striae converging toward the apex, smooth 

 and pavement-like on the body, where worn. Total length 33|, snout to tail 

 20|, snout to dorsal 11§, snout to pectorals 7\, snout to mouth 3g, and caudal 

 85 inches. 



Upper surfaces greyish brown, thickly sprinkled with scales of white; 

 whitish below; edges of pectorals, dorsals, and caudal blackish. 



Suruga Gulf, Japan. Alan Owston. 



Centrophorus moluccensis. 



Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860, Act. Soc. sci. Ind. Need., 8, p. 3 extra; Regan, 1908, Ann. 



mag. nat. hist., ser. 8, 2, p. 54. 

 Centrophorus granulosus Gunth., 1S70, Cat. fishes Brit, mus., 8, p. 420 (part). 



Spiracles superior; nostrils about one third of the distance from the end of 

 the snout to the angles of the mouth; eyes large, length of orbit two sevenths 

 of that of the head, nearly equal the distance from the end of the snout; mouth 

 slightly curved; body unspotted; anterior dorsal with a large spot of black; 

 ventrals inserted in advance of the second dorsal. Original description from a 

 foetus of about 8.6 inches, from Amboina. 



Centrophorus granulosus. 



Squalus granulosus Schneider, 1801, Bloc.h Ichth., p. 135. 



Acanthorhinus granulosus Blainv., 1816, Bull. Soc. philom., p. 121. 



Centrophorus granulosus MtjLLER & Henle, 1841, Plagios., p. 89, pi. 33; Guichenot, 1850, Expl. Alg., 

 p. 126; Gray, 1851, Chondropterygii, p. 74; Bocage & Capello, 1864, Proc. Zool. soc. London, 

 p. 261, f. 1; 1866, Plagios, p. 25, pi. 1, f. 3, pi. 3, f. 1; Capello, 1870, Jor. Acad. sci. Lisboa, 2, 

 p. 143; Gunth., 1870, Cat. fishes Brit, mus., 8, p. 420; Moreau, 1881, Poiss. France, 1, p. 352; 

 Goode & Bean, 1896, Mem. M. C. Z., 22, p. 12, pi. 3, f. 11; Regan, 190S, Ann. mag. nat, hist., 

 ser. 8, 2, p. 53. 



Body fusiform, elongate. Head depressed. Snout tapering, blunted at 

 the end, length from the orbit greater than distance from orbit to gill opening. 



