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Bk. Mar. Fish. Atlant. Coast, 1929: 26 (general) ; Jordan, Evermann and Clark, Rep. U.S.-Comm. Fish. 

 (1928), 2, 1930: 22 (N. to Cape Cod, but incl. European squatina) ; Breder, Bull. N. Y. zool. Soc, 41, 

 1938: 25 (Sandy Hook Bay, near N. York) ; Parks, Tech. Bull. Stephen Austin State Teachers' Coll., I 

 (4), 1939: I (Texas; not seen) ; Gunter, Amer. Midi. Nat., 26 (l), 1941: 197 (Corpus Christi, Texas) ; 

 not Squalus squalina Linnaeus, 1 75 8. 



Rhina squatiiia Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 58, 1906: 80 (reported for Florida Keys). 



Not Squatina squatina Fowler, Arqu. Zool. Estado Sao Paulo, 2, 1 942: 129 (listed for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 

 probablv argentina Marini, 193O; see p. 546). 



Genus Squatina, Addendum 



The common Squatina of the temperate coasts of the western South Atlantic seems 

 clearly separable from all other members of the genus. A short notice of it therefore 

 follows. 



Squatina argentina Marini, 19 30 

 Figure 106 



Study Material. Female, 714 mm. long, from Uruguay (U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 

 87684). 



Distinctive Characters. See Description. 



Description. Proportional dimensions in per cent of total length. Female, 714 mm., 

 from Uruguay (U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 87684). 



Figure 106. Squatina argentina, female, 714 mm. long, from Uruguay (U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 87684). 



