Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 187 



14, 1916: 207 (Tortugas, Florida) ; Fowler, Copeia, 30, 1916: 36 (mid. Atlant., U.S.) ; Radclitfe, Buli. 

 U.S. Bur. Fish., 34, 191 6: 248, pi. 39, fig. l (teeth, Florida, dermal denticles, N. Carolina) ; Metzelaar, 

 Trop. Atlant. Visschen, 1919: 5 (W. Indies), 186 (w. coast Afr.) ; Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 

 71, 1 91 9: 133 (St. Martins, W. Indies), 146 (Jamaica) ; Nichols, Bull. Amcr. Mus. nat. Hist., 44, 1921 : 



22 (Turks I.) ; Nichols, J. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 21, 1921 : 275 (ill. adult and young, teeth, no. of eggs, 

 food); Bell and Nichols, Copeia, 92, 1 921: 17 (N. Carolina, food, size, weight, no. of eggs); Gudger, 

 Copeia, 98, 1921 : 57 (eggs, devcl., near Key West, Florida) ; Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Pub!., 15 

 (i), 1923: 29 (descr.. Colon, Balboa, Panama) ; Fowler, Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 36, 1923: 27 (Tortugas, 

 Florida) ; Ribeiro, Arch. Mus. nac. Rio de J., Fauna brasil. Pcixes, 2 (i) Fasc. i, 1923:23 (descr., Rio de 

 Janeiro) ; Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 78, 1926: 249 (south. Florida) ; Nichols and Breder, Zoo- 

 logica, N. Y., g, 1927: 1 1 (probably Rhode Island) ; Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 80, 1928: 451 

 (embryos, Key West, Florida) ; Hildebrand and Schroeder, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., 43, 1928: 45 (general, 

 Chesapeake Bay); Bccbe and Tee-Van, Zoologica, N. Y., 10 (l), 1928: 26 (size, weight, color, food, 

 Haiti) ; Breder, Field Bk. Mar. Fish. Atlant. Coast, 1929: 1 1 (general) ; Jordan, Manual Vert. Anim. NE. 

 U.S., 1929: 9 (general) ; Nichols, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 10 (2), 1929: I 81 (Porto Rico) ; Truitt, Bean 

 and Fowler, Bull. Md. Conserv. Dep., 5, 1929: 29 (Chesapeake Bay) ; Jordan, Evermann and Clark, Rep. 

 U.S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 12 (distrib.) ; Manter, Yearb. Carneg. Instn., 29, 1930: 34O; ibid., 

 30, 1931:388 (parasites, Tortugas, Florida) ; Beebe and Tee-Van, Field Bk. Shore Fish. Bermuda, 1933: 



23 (Bermuda); Fowler, Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., }6, 1933: 27 (Tortugas, Florida); Borodin, Bull. Van- 

 derbilt Oceanogr. (Mar.) Mus., i (4), 1934: 107 (Miami, Florida) ; Brooks, Parasitology, 26 (2), 1934: 

 264 (parasites, Tortugas, Florida) ; Breder, Copeia, 1934: 27 (sexual dltfs.) ; Zoologica, N. Y., 18, 1934: 

 58-59 (Bahamas) ; Budker, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, (2) 7, 1935: 183 (Dakar, W. Afr.) ; Burton, Sci. 

 Mon., N.Y., 40, 1935: 283 (S. Carolina); Fowler, Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., yo (l), 1936: 36 

 (descr., trop. Atlant.) ; Norman and Fraser, Giant Fishes, 1937: 28, fig. 16 (general) ; Butsch, J. Barbados 

 Mus. Hist. Soc, 7(1), 1939: 18 (common at Barbados, not seen) ; Beebe and Tee-Van, Zoologica, N. Y., 

 26 (2), 1941: 96 (west coasts Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama); Beebe, Zoologica, N. Y., 26 (i), 1941: 9 

 (embryos, Bermuda); Hildebrand, Copeia, 1941: 221 (recent N. Carolina records); Longley and 

 Hildebrand, Yearb. Carneg. Instn., 34, 1 941: II (Tortugas, Florida); Norris, Plagiost. Hypophysis, 

 1941: 27, pi. 6, fig. 25 (brain)) Fowler, Fish Culturist, 21 (9), 1942: 66 (listed, Cuba); Lunz, Bull. 

 S. C. St. Planning Bd., 14, 1 944: 26 (S. Carolina, Florida). 



GinglymostoTna fulvum Poey, Memorias, 2, 1861: 342, pi. 19, fig. 15, 16 (teeth, Havana, Cuba); Repert. 



Fisico-Nat. Cuba, 2, 1868: 455, pi. 4, fig. 12-14 (teeth, Cuba); Enumerat. Pise. Cubens., 1876: 204; 



An. Soc. esp. Hist. Nat., 5, 1876:400 (Cuba, Brazil) ; Stahl, Fauna Puerto Rico, 1883: 167 (Porto Rico) ; 



Jordan, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 8, 1885: 363 (west coast Cent. Amer., doubtful species); Bigelow and 



Schroeder, Guide Comm. Shark Fish., Anglo Amer. Caribb. Comm., Wash., 1945: 98 (descr., ill., 



range). 

 GinglymostoTna cabozierdiauus Brito Capello, J. Sci. math. phys. nat. Lisboa, i (2), 1867: 167 (C. Verde). 

 Ginglymostoma cirrhatum Jordan, Guide to Study Fish., i, 1905: 533 (general). 



GinglymostoTna cirrotunC-'' Gudger, Yearb. Carneg. Instn., 12, 1914: 176 (abund. near Key West, Florida). 

 Gingylostovu^^ cirratum Springer, Proc. Fla. Acad. Sci., 5, 1939: 13 (descr., Florida). 

 Nebrius cirratum Fowler, Arqu. Zool. Estado Sao Paulo, 3, 1942: 127 (Brazil) ; Mongr. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 



7, 1945: 94 (sizes, weights, N. Carolina). 



Family RHINCODONTIDAE 



Whale Sharks 



Characters. Two dorsal fins, the ist much shorter than the caudal, its origin in front 

 of origin of pelvics, but its base overlapping the latter j 2nd dorsal and anal much smaller 

 than 1st dorsal} caudal much less than Y2. total length, lunate in form, its axis steeply 



17. Evident misspelling for a'rra/am. 18. Evident misspelling for Ging/ymo^^oma. 



