FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 7 



NotorhyncJius maculatus Joedan and Evermann, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 47, pt. 1, 

 p. 17, 1896 (Monterey to Washington) ; pt. 4, pi. 2, fig. 7, 1900. 



Notorliynchus borealis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1864, p. 150 

 (type locality: Nisqually, Oreg. ; jaws). 



Eye 314 in snout; nostril 5y2, anterior, close to snout edge. Spi- 

 racle small, 2% eye diameters behind eye. 



Scales with strong median keel, pointed forward and slender lobe 

 behind. 



Subcaudal 4% in caudal ; pectoral width 1% in its length. 



Back dark gray, spotted all over with black, more on sides. Lat- 

 eral line white. Eye white, sprinkled with pale gray. 



South Africa, Indian Ocean, China, Japan. Also in the Eastern 

 Pacific in Washington, Oregon, and California and the Atlantic. 



1 example. A.N.S.P. Off Cape Colony coast, in 40 fathoms. Specimen skinned 

 out, 1,930 mm. long. H. W. Bell Marley. 



HEPTRANCHIAS PECTOROSUS Garman 



Heptranchias pedorosus Garman, Bull. Essex Inst., |To1. 16, p. 56, pi., 1884 

 (type locality: Patagonia). — Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, p. 21, 

 pi. 1, fig. 1, 1925 (copied Day) (Agulhas Bank).— Fowler, Proc. 4th (1929) 

 Pacific Sci. Congress, Java, p. 484, 1930 (reference). 



Notorynchvs pectorosus Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 20, 1913 

 (Patagonia, New Zealand, Australia). 



Notorhynchus pectorosus McCulloch, Australian Zool., vol. 1, no. 7, p. 219, fig. 

 3, 1919.— Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., vol. 2, p. 10, fig. 5, 1921.— 

 McCtXLOCH, Australian Zool. Handbook, vol. 1, p. 4, fig. 3a, 1922. — Waite, 

 The fishes of South Australia, p. 24, figs. 1923.— Phillips, New Zealand 

 Journ. Sci. Techn., vol. 6, p. 259, fig. 1, 1924 (Hokitika).— McCuixoch, 

 Fishes of New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 4, pi. 1, fig. 3a, 1927. 



Heptranchiis indicus (not Agassiz) MacDonald and Bareon, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1868, p. 37, pi. 33 (Bass Straits). — Thompson, Marine Biol. Rep. 

 South Africa, No. 2, p. 34, 1914. 



Notidanus indicus Hutton, Colonial Mus. Geol. Survey Dept. (Fishes of New 

 Zealand), p. 79, 1872; Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 5, p. 271, 1873.— 

 HuTTON, Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst., vol. 8, p. 276, 1876. — Ramsay, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 96, 1880 (Port Jackson). — 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South. Wales, vol. 6, pp. 296, 360, 1881 

 (Jervis Bay, Port Jackson). — Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1882, 

 p. 138, 1883.— Ogilby, Cat. Fishes Australian Mus., pt. 1, p. 6, 1888 (Port 

 Jackson, Broken Bay, Botany Bay). — Parker, Nature, vol. 43, p. 142, flg., 

 1890 (sternum). — Johnston, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1890, p. 38, 1891 

 (Tasmania). 



Notidanus (Heptanchus) indicus McCoy, Prodromus Zool. Victoria, vol. 5, dec. 

 5, pi. 43, fig. 2, 1880 (Hobsons Bay). 



Heptanchus indicus Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 1, p. 

 217, 1872 (Hobsons Bay).— Has well, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. 9, pp. 88, 381, pi. 1, fig. 5, pi. 10, figs. 1-2, 1884.— Ogilby, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales, ser. 2, vol. 4, p 19, 1889, 

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