186 LIST OF THE AUSTRALIAN PAL^ICHTHYES. 



ISISTIUS, Gill (1864). 



42. I. BRASiLiENSis, Q. dh G.., sp. Australia (Kner). 



SQUATINID^. 



Squatina, Dumeril (1806). 



43. S. VULGARIS, Rss. New South Wales. Though it is doubt- 



less found further north, I have not succeeded in obtaining 

 any authentic information of its occurrence beyond the 

 neighbourhood of Port Jackson, where, however, it is 

 common. Victoria, "not very uncommon in Hobson's 

 Bay and round our coast " {Mc Coy). Tasmania, common 

 {Johnston). Variously known as the " Angel-fish," 

 "Angel-Shark," or "Monk-fish." Klein's name, Rhina^ 

 having been published as early as 1745 becomes inad- 

 missable, which is just as well since Olivier in 1807 gave 

 the same appellation to a genus of coleopterous insects, 

 for which it is still retained. Dumeril's name there- 

 fore very properly stands. 



PRISTIOPHORID^. 



Pristiophorus, Miiller & Henle (1837). 



44. P. ciRRATUS, Lath.^ sp. New South Wales, northwards 



to Broken Bay, common. Tasmania, not common 

 {Johnston). South Australia {Brit. Mus.). The "Saw- 

 Shark." 



45. P. NUDiPiNNis, Gnth. Hobson's Bay, Vic, very common 



(McCoy). Tasmania {Johnston). South Australia {Zietz). 

 I agree with Messrs. McCoy and Zietz as to the very 

 doubtful propriety of separating this from the preceding 

 species. 



