FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 9 



Subgenus Heptranchias Eafinesque 



HEPTRANCHIAS PERLO (Bonnaterre) 



Squalus perlo Bonnatere, Tableau Encyclop. Ichth., p. 10, 1788 (type locality: 

 Mediterranean) (on Perlon Broussonet). 



Heptranchias perlo McCuuloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour, vol. 1, p. 2, pi. 1, fig. 1, 

 1909-191X) (60 miles south of Cape Everard, Victoria). — Gabman, Mem. 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 21, pi. 56, fig. 1 (heart), pi. 58, fig. 1 (intestine), 

 1913 (Mediterranean, Japan). — McCulloch, Fishes of New South Wales, ed. 

 2, p. 4, pi. 1, fig. 4a, 1927.— FowLKE, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., 

 Java, p. 483, 1930 (Japan) ; Bull. Amer, Mus. Nat. Hist, vol. 70, pt. 1, p. 27, 

 fig. 3, 1936 (Italy). 



Squalus cinereus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, p. 1497, 1789 (type locality: 

 Mediterranean). 



Notidanus cinereus Bonapabte, Icon. Fauna Ital., Pesci, vol. 3, pt. 2, fasc. 12, 

 descr., pi. 137, fig. 2, 1835 (Rome, Naples, Sicily). 



Heptranchias cinei-eus Bonaparte, Icon. Fauna Ital., Pesci, vol. 3, pt. 1, in 

 "iudice" (name only) ; Cat. Metod. Pesci. Europei, p. 17, 1846 (Mediter- 

 ranean). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1908, p. 52 (Bona- 

 parte material). 



? Monopterhinus dliaris Blainviixe, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1816, p. 121 

 (name only). 



Notidanus monge var. griseus (Risso) Bonaparte, Cat. Metod. Pesci. Europei, 

 p. 17, 1846 (name in synonjony). 



Notidanus monge var. albescens (Risso) Bonaparte, idem, (name in synonymy). 



Notidanus monge var. ruhescens (Risso) Bonaparte, idem, (name in synonymy). 



Heptancus angio Costa, Fauna Napoli, Pesci, p. 5, pis. 13-14, fig. 3, 1857 (teeth) 

 (type locality: Naples, Italy). 



Notidanus ferox Perez, Estudios sobre algunos escualos de la costa de Chile, 

 p. 7, 1886 (type locality : Chile). — Philippi, Anal. Univ. Chile, vol. 71, p. 555, 

 pi. 6, fig. 1, 1887.— Qxjijada, Boll. Mus. Nac. Chile, vol. 5, pt. 1, p. 112, 1913 

 (Cartejena). 



Heptranchias ha-swelU Ogiuby, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 22, p. 62, 

 1897 [type locality: "Cape of Good Hope"? (Australia)]. 



Notidanus medinae Phillipi, Anal. Univ. Chile, vol. 109, p. 305, 1901 (type 

 locality: Cartejena, Chile). 



Notidanus wolntczkyi Phillipi, Anal. Univ. Chile, vol. 109, p. 307, 1901 (type 

 locality: Coquimbo, Chile). — Quijada, Boll. Mus. Nac. Chile, vol. 5, pt. 1, 

 p. 112, 1913 (Coquimbo). 



Notidanus wolniczkii Phillipi, Anal. Univ. Chile, vol. 109, pi., 1901 (4 upper 

 figures of teeth). 



Heptranchias deani Jordan and Starks, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 3, vol. 2, 

 p. 384, 1901 (type locality: Misal^i, Japan). — Jordan and Snyder, Annot. 

 Zool. Japon., vol. 3, p. 128, 1901 (Misaki; Nagasaki). — Jordan and Fowler, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, p. 595, 1903 (type).— Pietschmann, Sitz. Ber. 

 Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 117, pt. 1, p. 708, 1908 (Japan). 



Depth 10 to 1034 to end of caudal fin ; head 6% to 61/2, width I1/5 

 its length. Snout 3 in head ; eye 4 to 4I/2, 2 to 21^ in snout, 3 in inter- 

 orbital; mouth length 21/^ to 2I/3 in head, mandible width 2%, lower 

 labial fold nearly I/2 lower ramus; teeth compressed, upper without 

 median tooth though with lower tricuspid median tooth, 18 to 20 rows 



