NO. 2003. 



A NEW CARCHARIOID SHARK— SMITH. 



601 



Dorsal fins well developed, subequal, origin of first midway between 

 tip of snout and origin of second, the first dorsal directly over space 

 between pectorals and ventrals; caudal long, nearly straight, a deep 

 notch near tip, its length equal to distance from tip of snout to 

 origin of first dorsal, upper lobe low, and rounded lower lobe deeper 

 than anal; anal under second dorsal but less than half its size; ven- 

 trals small, about size of anal; pectorals broad, rounded, their length 

 slightly less than breadth of head. 



Color: Light brown above, whitish below; posterior half of body 

 with several faint, irregular, dark brown cross bands. 



Type. — Cat. No. 74604, U.S.N.M., a female specimen 23.0 cm. long, 

 taken with a beam trawl at station 5135 (lat. 6° 11' 50'' N.; long. 

 121° 08' 20" E.), off Jolo light, island of Jolo, February 7, 1908, at a 

 depth of 161 fathoms. 



This fish was taken aboard the fisheries steamer Albatross alive, 

 and contained 2 large embryos inclosed in thin membranous sacs. 

 One of the sacs was opened, and the young, when placed in a dish of 



Fig. 3. — Ebidacnis eadcliffei. a, a deemal denticle feom side; 6, ceoss section of deemal 



DENTICLE, THEOUGH MIDDLE, SHOWING ATTACHMENT. 



salt water, swam actively. When in the sac, which was 4.7 cm. long 

 and 1.7 cm. wide at its widest part, the body of the embryo was bent 

 sharply to the left, just posterior to the ventral base, and the end of 

 the tail was curved around the snout. The length of the embryo was 

 11.3 cm., or nearly half that of the mother. 



This species is named for Mr. Lewis Radcliffe, scientific assistant of 

 the Bureau of Fisheries and a member of the Albatross Philippine 

 expedition. 



