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36. (iALEOKHIXUS ZYOPTEUUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 

 (Oil. Shark; Sorr-ri.\ Sh.vkk.) 



Snout depressed, rutber long, rounded at tip ; nostrils nearer mouth 

 than tip of snout; teeth about %%, the 4 or 5 nearest the middle much 

 Huuiller, the median tooth of each jaw smallest, subtriangular, without 

 basal cusps; lateral teeth of both jaws similar, their points directed 

 strongly outward; a sharp angle near middle of outer margin, below 

 wliich are 2 to 5 sharp cusps or serrations; eye large; second dorsal 

 scarcely \ size of iirst. Dusky grayish, most of pectoral, tip of caudal, 

 and anterior portion of both dorsals black. L. 6 feet. Coast of Southern 

 California from San Francisco to Cerros Island; very abundant. Valued 

 for the oil in its liver, and for the fins, which are much prized by the 

 Chinese; the gelatinous fin rays making a fine soup. Closely related to 

 the European Tope {G. (/aleus, (L.) ), from which it may prove to be indis- 

 tinguishable. (C^ov, soup ; Trrepoj', fin.) 



lluleorhiiiiif 7.iio2]tiTnf, JoKDAN & GiLBEET, Synopsis, 871, 1883, San Pedro, California. (Typo, 

 No. 26973.) 



23. GALEOCERDO, Miiller & Henle. 



Galeocerdo, Muller & Henle, PUigiostomen, 5y, 1838, (liyrmus). 

 Boreogaleitu, G11.L, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vii, 411, 1861, (arclieas). 



Mouth crescent-shaiied ; teeth alike in both jaws, large, oblique, coarsely 

 serrated on both margins, with a deep notch on outer margin; spiracles 

 present ; caudal fin with a double notch ; a pit on the tail above and 

 below at the base of the caudal fin ; first dorsal opposite the space between 

 pectorals and ventrals. Large sharks, found in most seas, {yu^su^, a kind 

 of shark, like yaAy, the weasel ; nrpdu, a fox or weasel.) 



37. (iALEOCERDO TIGRINUS, Muller & Henle. 

 (Tiger Shark; Alecrin ; Tigrone.) 



Caudal fin forming about i of the total length, much longer than the 

 space between the dorsal fins; second dorsal somewhat in advance of the 

 anal; a long labial fold along the upper jaw. Color brown, with numer- 

 ous dark spots larger than the eye; adult nearly plain. Tropical seas, 

 not rare, occasionally northward to Cape Cod and to San Diego. L. 15 to 

 30 feet. A very large and fierce shark, known by its variegated color- 

 ation, the most formidable of the West Indian species.* (fuji-'nius, tiger- 

 like). 



Galeocerdo tigrinus, MiJLLEK & Henie, Plagiostomen, 59, 1838; Ginther, Cat., vni, 378, 1870; 



Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 21, 1883. 

 Galeits maadalm,f Kanzani, De Novis Spcciebus Pisciuni, Dissert. Prima, 7, 1838, Brazil. 

 Galeocerdo macidaliis, Poey, Synopsis, 455, 18G8. 



« " Lehasacado del vientre del inadre mas de 60 felos prontos a nacer vivos v a poblar el abismo." 

 Poeii. 



+ We arc unable to decide which of these two names of tlie same date, liyriniis and macuhihis, is 

 entitled to priority. Common usage has accorded precedence to the work of Miiller & Henle. 



