Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 



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Synonyms and References: 



Scylliorhinus frojundorum Goode and Bean, Smithson. Contr. Knowl., 50, 1895: 17, pi. 5, fig. 16; Mem. 

 Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., 22; Spec. Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 2, same date and p.igination (descr., off Dela- 

 ware Bay, Lat. 39° 9' N., Long. 72° 3' W., 816 fathoms); Jordan and Evermann, Rep. U.S. Comm. 

 Fish. (1895), 1896: 213 (n.ime, N. Atlant.) ; Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 47 (i), 1896: 22 (descr.); Bull. 

 U.S. nat. Mus., 47 (4), 1900: pi. 3, fig. 11 j Gudger, Proc. bid. Soc. Wash., 2^, 1913: 154 (egg cases 

 perhaps this species). 



Afristurus frojundorum Garman, Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., j(5, 191 3: 99 (descr.) ; Fowler, Copeia, 30, 

 1916: 36; Smith, J. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 7(5, 1916: 349 (ref. to type specimen) ; Jordan, Evermann 

 and Clark, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 12 (ref. to type specimen). 



Not Scylliorhinus frojundorum Halkett, Check List Fish. Canad., 191 3: 1 17. 



Probable synonym : 



Scyllium laurussonii Saemundsson, Vidensk Medd. naturh. Foren. Kbh., 74, 1922: 



[73, pi. 4, fig. I (Iceland). 



Afristurus riveri Bigelow and Schroeder, 1944 



Figure 39 



Study Material. The type specimen, female, 407 mm. long, trawled at "Atlantis" 

 Sta. 2993, off north coast of Cuba, March 15, 1938, in 580 fathoms (Harv. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., No. 36092). 



Figure 39. Afristurus rk'eri, female, 407 mm. long, from off northern Cuba (Harv. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 No. 36092, type). A Head from below. B Gill openings, about 1.8 x. C Right-hand nostril, about 3 x. Z) Gen- 

 eral view of dermal denticles, about 22 x; lateral and apical views, about 43 x. E Upper and lower teeth from 

 near center of mouth. F Upper and lower teeth from outer parts of jaws, about 16 x. 



