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report them, for they appear to be plentiful around Trinidad also.°^ It is to be expected 

 along the northeast coasts of South America generally, for the Spiny Dogfish reported by 

 Ribeiro for Rio de Janeiro appears to have been of this species." No information is at hand 

 regarding its distribution in the Gulf of Mexico, if it occurs there at all. 



Synonyms and References: 



Galludo, Parra, Desc. Piez. Hist. Nat. Havana, 1787: 84, pi. 34, fig. I. 



Squalus spec, dubia, Poey, Synop. Pise. Cubans., Havana, 1868: 454 (spec, preserved in Havana and identified 



as cubensis by Howell-Rivero). 

 Acanthias acanthias Poey, Enumerat. Pise. Cubens., 1876: 202; An. Soc. esp. Hist. Nat., 5, 1876: 398, in part 



(Cuban spec, as above). 

 Squalus blainvillei Ribeiro, Ann. Mus. nac. Rio de J., 14, 1 907: 168; Fauna brasil. Peixes, 2(1) Fasc. i, 1923: 



25, pi. 8 (descr. good ill.; ident. as cubensis by shape of pectoral, Rio de Janeiro). 

 Squalus acanthias Sanchez-Roig, Revist. Agric. Peces Cubana 9, Commerc. Trabaj., 193 1 : 18, part (Cuba, 



based on Poey, 1876, not seen). 

 Squalus cubensis Howell-Rivero, Proc. Boston Soc. nat. Hist., 41 (4), 1936: 45, pi. 10, 11 (type descr., ill., 



adult and embryo, Cuba) ; Fowler, Fish Culturist, 21 (9), 1942: 66, fig. 9 (listed, Cuba) ; Bigclow and 



Schroeder, Guide Comm. Shark Fish., Anglo Amer. Caribb. Comm., Wash., 1945: 142, fig. 53 (descr., 



ill., range). 



Probable References: 



Squalus acanthias Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 47 (l), 1 896: 54 (probably in part, because 



reported from Cuba). 

 Squalus blainvillei Schreiner and Ribeiro, Ann. Mus. nac. Rio de J., 72, 1 903: 79 (name only, Rio de Janeiro, 



but probably same specs, described under this name by Ribeiro, 1 907, 1923) ; Ribeiro, Pescas "Annie," 



Bol. Soc. Nat. Agric, Rio de J., 1904: 18 (near Ilha Rassa, Brazil). 

 Acanthias vulgaris Vincent, Sea Fish. Trinidad, 1910: 53 (common, mud banks, Trinidad). 



Genus Squalus, Addendum 



We include a brief account of S. jernandinus, present in southern Argentine waters, 

 but which seems not to range farther north than that in the western South Atlantic. 



Squalus jernandinus Molina, 1782 



Figure 87 E-H 



Study Material. Female, 914 mm. long, from Island of Juan Fernandez (Harv. 

 Mus. Comp. ZooL, No. 841). 



Distinctive Characters. See Description. 



Description. Proportional dimensions in per cent of total length. Female, 914 mm., 

 from Juan Fernandez (Harv. Mus. Comp. ZooL, No. 841). 

 Trunk at origin of pectoral: breadth 12.95 height 10.9. 

 Snout length in front of: outer nostrils 4.1 ; mouth 8.9. 



62. Acanthias vulgaris reported by Vincent (Sea Fish. Trinidad, 1910: 53). 



63. Reported by Ribeiro (Ann. Mus. nac. Rio de J., 14, 1907: 168; Fauna brasil. Peixes, 2 [1] Fasc. i, 1923: 15, 

 pi. 8) as S. blainville, but probably cubensis, its pectoral being pictured as with acute inner corner and concave 

 distal margin. 



