7. GALEORHIVID^ GALEOCERDO. 
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essenl-ially as in the preceeding {GUI). California. A single young 
specimen known. 
{nUinotrUicisheidei Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 18G13, 486.) 
16.— GALEORHIIVUS Blaiaville, 1816. 
Topes. 
{Galem Cuvier, 1S17.) 
(Blainville, 1816: type tSqiialus (/alms J^.) 
First dorsal opposite the space between the pectorals and ventrals ; 
mouth crescent-shaped, with the teeth alike in both jaws, oblique, 
notched, and serrated; spiracles present, small; nictitating membrane 
present; no ])it at the base of the caudal tin ; caudal tin with a single 
notch. Tropical seas. {yaXio-:, a kind of shark colored like a w'easel; 
shark.) 
23. G. galetBS (L. ) Blainv. — Tope. 
A short labial fold on both jaws; teeth Second dorsal tin only 
one-third the size of the tirst and somewhat in advance of the anal. 
Length of tail nearly equal to distance between dorsals. [Gunther.) 
Europe to the Indian Ocean. ‘‘San Francisco.” [Gunther.) 
[Squalus f/aleus I.. Syst. Nat. : Galeiis caiiis Giintlicr, viii, :579.) 
I?'.— GAEEOCEKBO Miillcr A Hciile, IKIT. 
Tu/er tSharhs. 
(Miiller &. Hcnle, Wie<;inaiin’a Archiv, 1897: type Gnleocerdo I U/ri tuts & Henle.) 
Mouth crescent-shaped ; teeth nearly equal in both jaws, oblique, ser- 
rated on both margins, with a deep notch on outer margin; spiracles 
present; caudal tin with a double notch ; a pit on the tail above and 
below at the base of the caudal tin ; tirst dorsal opposite the space be- 
tween jieetorals and ventrals. Large sharks, found in most seas. (ya/£<; :, 
a kind of shark, marked like ya/.hj, the weasel ; /.sptho, a fox or weasel ; 
craft.) 
24. G. tijri’iiBias Miiller A lleule. — Tif/er Shark. 
Color Inown, with numerous dark spots larger than the eye ; caudal 
tin forming about one third of the total length, much longer than the 
space between the dorsal tins; second dorsal somewhat in advance of 
the anal; a long labial fold along the upjier jaw. [Gunther.) Cape Cod 
to Indian Ocean ; a rather large shark, known by its variegated colora- 
tion. 
(Miiller A: Henle, 69 ; Gunther, 378.) 
