A CATALOGUE OF THE FISHES OF JAPAN. 1 3 



Genus Prionace Cantor. 



Prionodon Müller & Henle, Plagiostomen, 184 1, p. 36. {Sjualiis glaiuus 

 Linnri^us, etc. The generic name Prionodn preoccupied). 



Prionace Cantor, Malayan Fishes, 1850, p. 399. (Substitute lor Prionodon). 

 Type Sqiialiis gloiiciis Linnaeus. 



29. Prionace glaiica (Linn.neus). (Fig. 5). 



Yoshikiri (Tokyo Market ; Misaki, Sagami). 



Squalus glaucus Linnœus, Syst. Nat., loth ed., 1758, p. 235. Europe. 

 Distrib, — Europe ; Brazil ; San Francisco ; New Zealand ; Indian Seas ; Japan. 



Genus Carcharhinus Biainviiie. 



CarcJiarias Rafine.Nque, Caratteri Alcuni, Nuovi Generi, X 18 10, p. 10. 



(Without mention of species). 

 Carcharhinus Biainviiie, Journ. Phys., 1816, p. 264. 



Type SqtialiLs carcharias Lacépède (not ]J\nx\7viu's)=Carcharias lamia 

 'Rai^nesc\Vi&:= Carcharhinus coinuiersoiii Biainviiie. 



30. Carcharhinus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel). 



Mejiro ; Wanizame ; Shirafuka (Nagasaki). 



Carcharias {Prionodon) japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, 



Poiss., 1850, p. 302. Nagasaki. 

 Distrib. — Southern Japan. 



31. Carcharhinus tjutjot (Bleeker). 



Mareizame. 

 Charcharias {Prionodon) tjutjot ]3leeker, Verh. Bat. Gen., XXIV, 1852, p. 



36, pi. I, fig. 4. Batavia (Perhaos not separable from Carcharias 



nienisorraJi Müller & Henle). 

 Distrib, — Japan to Indian Seas. 



