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with rows of dark brown blotches and spots of various sizes, forming an especially intricate 

 pattern on top of headj a dark streak from snout to eyej a large and conspicuous blotch 

 extending up onto each dorsal fin, one on the upper half of the caudal near its anterior 

 end, one on its lower part and another across it abreast of the subterminal notch. The pre- 

 cise sizes, shapes and arrangements of the finer markings vary considerably, and they be- 

 come more or less confluent on the larger specimens, in which the upper surface, anterior 

 to the first dorsal fin, has a clouded rather than a spotted and striped appearance} roof of 

 mouth dusky or sooty, tongue and floor of mouth similar in some specimens, but pale in 

 others, perhaps faded in the preservative. 



Size. The largest specimen yet seen is a male of 329 mm. (listed on p. 216). Since 

 the daspers fall considerably short of the tips of the pelvics in a specimen of about 295 

 mm., but extend far beyond them in another of about 317 mm., maturity is probably at- 

 tained at about 300 mm. 



Develof mental Stages. Presumably oviparous, but the eggs have not been seen. 



Habits. Knowledge of the habits of G. arae is confined to the fact that it is a deep- 

 water species; recorded depths of capture range from 200 down to 345 fathoms. 



Range. So far known only off the north coast of Cuba where it is evidently common 

 at suitable depths, off the Tortugas, Florida, and off Miami, Florida (the type locality). 



Synonyms and References: 



Pristiurus arae Nichols, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 256, 1927: I, fig. I (descr., off Miami Beach, Florida) ; Jordan, 



Evermann and Clark, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 12 (off Florida). 

 Scyliorhinus retifer Longley and Hildebrand, Pap. Tortugas Lab., ^4, 1 941: I (depth, color, Tortugas, 



Florida).* 



Genus Apristurus Garman, 19 13 



Aprisiurus Garman, Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., j(5, 1 91 3: 96; type species, Scylliorhinus indicus, Brauer, 

 Wiss. Ergebn. 'Valdivia,' 75, 1908: 8, pi. 14, fig. I (Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden), desig. by Jordan, 

 Genera Fish., 4, 1920: 548. 



Generic Synonyms: 



Catulus (in part) Gilbert, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 14, 1 891: 542; for C brunneus Gilbert (west coast of N. 



America) ; not Catulus A. Smith, 1837. 

 Scylliorhinus (in part) Brauer, Wiss. Ergebn. 'Valdivia,' 15, 1908: 8; and subsequent authors; not Scyliorhinus 



Blainville, 1 8 16. 

 Pristiurus (in part) Garman, Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., 36, 1913: 94; for Catulus sfongicefs Gilbert, 



1905; not Pristiurus Bonaparte, 1834. 

 Scyllium Saemundsson, Vidensk. Medd. naturh. Foren. Kbh., 7./, 1922: 173; type species S. laurussonii Sae- 



mundsson, monotypic; not Scyllium Cuvier, 1 81 7. 

 Ap-isturius Schulze, Kukenthal, et al., Nomencl. Anim., i (2), 1926: 244; evident misspelling for Afristurus 



Garman, 191 3. 

 Pentanchus (in part) Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 85, 1934: 237; not Pentanchus Smith and Rad- 



cliffe, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 41, 191 2: 490. 

 Pttrafristurus Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 8s, 1934: ^37; type species, Catulus sfongicep Gilbert, 



1905. 



5. We have examined and identified this specimen, now in the United States National Museum. 



