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200 (descr., refs., Brazil); Linton, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., 26, 1907: 122, 125 (parasites); Smith, Bull. 

 N.C. geol. econ. Surv., 2, 1907: 34 (N. Carolina); Wilson, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 55, 1908: 340, 360, 

 423, 431, 626 (parasites) ; Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 60, 1908: 66 (Florida) ; Gudger, Amer. 

 Nat., 44, 1910: 399 (N. Carolina); Linton, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., 28, 1910: 1201, pi. 2 (parasites); 

 Garman, Mem. Harv. Mus. comp. Zool., 36, 1913: 115, pi. 2, fig. 1-4 (descr.); Radcliffe, Copeia, 

 26, 1916: 2 (Woods Hole); Coles, Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 28, 191 5: 90 (N. Carolina); Gudger, 

 Science, N. S. 41, 1915: 439 (eggs, uterine attachment of young, Tortugas, Florida); Nichols and 

 Murphy, Brooklyn Mus. Sci. Bull., 3 (l), 1916: 18 (distrib.) ; Radcliffe, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., 34, 

 1916: 250, pi. 39, fig. 2 (denticles, teeth, N. Carolina) ; Fowler, Copeia, 30, 1916: 36 (E. coast U.S.) ; 

 Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 7/, 1919: 146 (Jamaica); Wilson, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 55, 1920: 592 

 (parasites); Fowler, Proc. biol. .Soc. Wash., 33, 1920: 144 (N. Jersey); Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 

 72, 1921: 394 (Pensacola, Florida); Wilson, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 60 (5), 1922: 60 (parasites); Meek 

 and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Publ. Zool., ig, 1 923 : 5 5, pi. 2, fig. 3 (descr., discus.. Colon) ; Ribeiro, Fauna 

 brasil. Peixes, Mus. nac. Riode J., 2(1), Fasc. I, 1923: 12, pi. 4 (Brazil) ; Linton, Proc. U.S. nat. Mus., 

 64 (21), 1924: 7, 35, 36, 46, 47, 48 (parasites. Woods Hole, N. Carolina) ; Chabanaud and Monod, Bull. 

 Etud. Hist. Sci. Afr. Occid. Franc. (1926), 1927: 229 (trop. W. Afr., not seen) ; Monod, Faune Colon- 

 Franc, 1927: 646 (not seen) ; Beebe and Tee-Van, Zoologica, N. Y., ro, 1928: 27 (Haiti) ; Fowler, Proc. 

 Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 80, 1928: 456 (Haiti) ; Hildebrand and Schroeder, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., 43 (l), 

 1928: 49 (descr., C. Charles, Virginia) ; Breder, Field Bk. Mar. Fish. Atlant. Coast, 1 929: 18 (general) ; 

 Jordan, Manual Vert. Anim. NE. U.S., 1929: 10 (general); Jordan, Evermann and Clark, Rep. U.S. 

 Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 14 (in check list); Wilson, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 158, 1932: 439 

 (parasites); Fowler, Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 36, 1933: 27 (Bayport, Louisiana); Borri, Atti Soc. tosc. 

 Sci. nat., 44, 1934: 90 (Bahia, Brazil) ; Burton, Sci. Mon. N. Y., 40, 1935: 283 (abund., S. Carolina) ; 

 Budker, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, (2) 7, 1935: 184 (Dakar, W. Afr.) ; Fowler, Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. 

 Hist., 70 (i), 1936: 45 (trop. W. Afr.); Bere, Amer. Midi. Nat., 17, 1936: 604 (Florida); White, 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 74, 1937: 129, pi. 13, fig. C (anat., in Key) ; Springer, Proc. Fla. Acad. 

 Sci., 5, 1939: 18 (Florida) ; Tortonese, Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., 77, 1938: 298 (Rio de Janeiro) ; Longley 

 and Hildebrand, Pap. Tortugas Lab., 34, 1941: 2 (Tortugas, Florida); Gunter, Amer. Midi. Nat., 

 28, 1942: 316 (in brackish and tidal fresh water, Mississippi and Maryland); Fowler, Arqu. Zool. 

 Estad. Sao Paulo, 3, 1942: 128 (listed for Brazil); Lunz, Bull. S. C. St. Planning Bd., 14, 1944: 26 

 (S. Carolina, Florida) ; Bigelow and Schroeder, Guide Comm. Shark Fish., Anglo Amer. Caribb. Comm., 

 Wash., 1945: 128, fig. 46 (descr., habits, range, ill.) ; Fowler, Monogr. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 7, 1 945: 

 94, 263 (Beaufort, N. Carolina, south. Florida Iocs.), 159 (Charleston, S. Carolina). 



Carcharias (Scoliodon) terrae-novae Dumeril, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1 865: 346 (descr., Newfoundland, after 

 Richardson, 1836); Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 8, 1870: 360 (W. Indies, Bahia, Brazil); Werner, 

 Zool. Jb., Syst. Abt., 21, 1904: 283 (Jamaica [? ], N. Carolina) ; Lampe, Dtsch. Sudpol. Exped., 75, Zool. 

 7, 1 91 4: 204, 213 (C. Verde Is.) ; Metzelaar, Trop. Atlant. Visschen, 1 91 9: 186 (trop. W. Afr.). 



Carcharias (Scoliodon) acutus Steindachner, S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 61 (l), 1870: 575 (Senegambia) ;" 

 Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 44, 1882: 51 (Senegambia) ; Osorio, Mem. Mus. Bocage Lisbon, I, 1909: 

 77 (C. Verde Is.); Metzelaar, Trop. Atlant. Visschen, 1919: 186 (Senegambia); not Carcharias acutus 

 Ruppell, 1835, which is a synonym of Hyfop'ion falasorrah (Cuvier) ; see footnote 2, p. 293. 



Carcharhinus {Scoliodon) terrae-novae Jordan, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish. (1885), 1887: 796 (distrib.). 



Carcharhinus terrae-novae Adams and Kendall, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., p, 1 891: 292, 308 (W, Florida); 

 Henshall, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., p, 1891 : 384 (SW. Florida) ; Lonnberg, Ofvers. Forhand. Vet Akad. 

 Stockholm, s^ (3)> 1894: m (Florida Keys); Wilson, Amer. Nat., 34, 1900: 355 (listed, North 

 Carolina). 



Carcharias terrae-novae Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 5, 1883: 245 (Gulf of Mexico) ; Dnerden, 

 J. Inst. Jamaica, 6, 1899: 614 (Jamaica) ; Schreiner and Ribeiro, Arch. Mus. nac. Rio de J., 12, 1903: 79 

 (Brazil) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. paul., 2, 1897: 34 (Brazil). 



Carcharias eumeces Pietschmann, Jb. nassau. Ver. Naturk., 1 91 3: 172 (descr., Cameroon, trop. W. Afr.). 



18. Steindachner's excellent and detailed description leaves no doubt that his West African specimens were actually 

 terrat-novae. 



