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Family PKISTIOPHORID/E. 



Genus PristiophoruS Müller & Henle. 



PristiopJicrjis Müller & Henle, Plagiostomen, 1S38, p. 97. 

 Type Frit is ci?-ra/7is Latham. 



61. PristiophoruS japonicus Günther. 



Wokogirizame (Tokyo; Misaki, Sagami); Hokobuka ; Daigirizame ; Iranokuri 



(Kagoshima). 



2\isiiopho7iLs japonicus Günther, Cat., fish., VIII, 1870, p. 43. Japan. 

 Distrib. — Coasts of Japan and China. 



Family ECHINOKHINID.T:. 



Genus Echinorhinus Blainville. 



EcJunorJiinus Blainville, Bull. Sei. Philom., 1816. p. 12 1. 

 Type Sqiialus spinosus Gmelin. 



62. Echinorhinus spinosus (Gmelin). 



Kikuzame. 



Sqtialus spi)ws2is Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, p. 1500. " The ocean." 

 Distrib. — Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa ; Cape Cod ; Japan. 



Family ISISTIIÖ.E. 



Genus Isistius Gill. 



Isistitis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phila., 1864, p. 264. 

 Type Scyninus brasilicnsis Quoy & Gaimard. 



63. Isistius brasiliensis (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Darumazame (Tokyo Market). 



Scyvuius brasilicnsis Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uran. Zool., p. 19S. Brazil. 

 Distrib. — South Pacific ; off Plji ; Brazil ; Guinea ; Japan. 



Family SQUATIXID.x:. 



Genus Squalina Dumerii. 



Squatina Dumerii, Zool. Analyt., 1806, p. 102. 



Type Sqjiatina aiigclus \^\^vc\hx'A = Sqnalns squatina Linnaeus. 



