BY E. P. RAMSAY, F.L.S. 95 



to Frazer's Island large specimens were hooked which, resisted all 

 the efforts of two strong men to land them, and being made fast 

 finally broke away. One fish landed about 4*5 feet long, weighed 

 160 pounds, and remains of another 10 feet long were found on 

 the beach. 



Notes on Galeocerdo rayneri, with a list of other Sharks 

 TAKEN IN Port Jackson. 



By E. p. Eamsay, F.L.S., &c., &c. 



Plate IV. 



When I prepared the sketches for the plates which accompany 

 these few remarks, I was under the impression that this was a 

 new species of Thalassorhinus, but subsequently found it described 

 under the above name, indeed the genera Galeocerdo and 

 Thalassorhimis are almost identical. The description given in 

 Mueller and Henle of Thalassorhinus platyrhynchus almost agrees 

 with the present species. 



A large number of Sea Sharks have lately been captured in 

 Port Jackson and among them three of the present species, which 

 has not been previously recorded from this locality ; the largest 

 specimen I have seen, measured in the flesh 12 feet, the fpresent 

 specimen 11 feet 4 inches to the centre of the caudal fin. The 

 rounded parabolic form of the head, the form of the tail and shape 

 of the teeth, will at once distinguish this species from all others 

 known at present in these waters. 



The following are the measurements of a male taken among 

 the shipping in Port Jackson : — Total length 1 1 feet 4 inches. 

 From the outer edge of the snout to the first dorsal 3 feet 6 inches. 

 Length of the first dorsal 14-15 inches, its width at base 11 inches. 

 Length of pectoral 19 inches, width 11 inches; width between 

 the eyes 1 6 inches, from a line b etween the eyes to the snout 8 

 inches, width between the nostrils 7 inches, a long labial fold 



