FISHES OF NEW YORK 29' 



From tip of snout to nostril 



From nostril to mouth 



Fi-om mouth to anus 



From anus to anal fin 



Base of anal fin 



Hig-ht of anal fin 



From anal fin to caudal 



Length of caudal fin , 



Distance from pectoral to ventral. 



Base of first dorsal fin 



Hight of first dorsal fin 



Base of second dorsal fin 



Hight of second dorsal fin 



Leng1:h of pectoral fin 



Width of pectoral fin , 



Distance between nostrils , 



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 (Kichardson) 



Sharp-nosed Shark 



Squalus (Carcharias) terras-novae Richaedson, Fauna Bor.-Amer. 289, 1836. 

 Carcharias terrae-nome Gunthee, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. YIII, 360, 1870. 

 Carcharias {Scoliodon) terrae-novae Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. A. 59^ 



1861. 

 Sqtialtis punctatus Mitchill, Ti'ans. Lit. &. Phil. Soc. N. Y. I, 483, 1815. 

 Scoliodon terrae-novae Jokdan & Gilbebt, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 24,. 



1883; Jordan & Evebmann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 43, 1896. 



Snout moderately rounded; mouth U-shaped, wdth 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- 



