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44. CARCHAKHINUSREMOTrS, (Valenciennes). 



Muzzle rounded, the preociilar length equal to the interorbital area ; 

 snout before mouth equal to width of mouth ; upper teeth oblique with 

 a rei^'ntrant angle, the lower narrow; first dorsal a little higher than 

 long, commencing close behind pectorals ; second dcrsal lower than anal, 

 the interspace between dorsals nearly 3 times base of anal ; distance 

 from first dorsal to ventrals greater than length of first dorsal ; pectorals 

 li times as long as broad, the posterior margin concave; the outer angle 

 rounded; caudal 5^ in length. Color gray. Martinique. (Dumoril.) 

 (remotiis, remote; the ventrals remote from the first dorsal.) 



Carcharias remotits, Valenciennes, inDumCril's Hist. Nat. Poiss., i., 374, 1870, Martinique. 



45. CARC'HAKHINUS HENLEI, (Valenciennes). 



Snout produced, the distance between its extremity and the mouth 

 being more than the width of the mouth, upper teeth oblique, notched on 

 the outer margin ; lower teeth narrow, nearly erect. Pectorals short, not 

 reaching end of dorsal, their lower margin § length of upper. First dorsal 

 very small and short, its base much shorter than that of anal. Uniform 

 gray. (Giinther.) Coast of Brazil and northward to (iuiana. (Named 

 for Dr. J. Henle.) 



darcharian heiilei* Valenciennes, in Miiller & Henle, Plagiostomen, 46, 1838, Guiana. 

 Carcharicut imrosns* Ranzani, Nov. Pise. Diss. Prima., 70, 1838, Brazil. 

 Carcharias poroma, Gunther, Cat., viii, 365, 1870. 



Subgenus CARCHARHINUS. 



46. rARCHARHIXrS MILBERTI, (Miiller & Henlo). 



This species differs from C. platyodon chiefly in the following respects: 

 Head longer, snout much less obtuse, its length from mouth equal to 

 breadth of mouth; distance between nostrils i less than length of snout. 

 Teeth and fins as in C . platijodon. Pectorals rather small, not falcate, 6i in 

 body ; caudal 4 in body, rather narrow. Cape Cod to Florida ; not rare, 

 but very imperfectly described. (Named for M. Milbert, a French natur- 

 alist who collected in America.) 



Girchiiria.i (Prionodon) iinlberli, Mi'LLER & IIenle, Plagiostomen, 38, 1838, New York. 

 Carcharias cxrulens, I>E Kay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 354, 1842, New York, 

 Carcharias cxrtileus, Jordan & Giliiert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., 1882, 244. 

 Lamna camlala, De Kay, I. c, 354, 1842, Brenton Reef, Rhode Island. 

 Eiilamia milUerti, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1864, 262. 

 Carcharhiiiii!) <■,■(/■»/<■».•;, .TciunAN & GiLiiERT, Synopsis, 872, 1883. 



47. CARCHARHINUS LAMIELLA, (Jordan & Gilbert). 



(Bay Shark.) 



P.ody robust, the back elevated. Head broad and flat ; the snout long, 

 but wide and rounded, its length from mouth a little more than width 

 of mouth and greater than distance between nostrils, which are nearer 



* We do not know which of these two names lias priority of date. 



