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in total length and anal fin originating below the middle of the 

 dorsal, with its base shorter than that of the dorsal. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



fl\ NoTORYNCHUs. Head broad; snout broad. 



6\ No median tooth in upper series; primary cusp of lower lateral teeth with 



denticles of inner edge weak or absent cepedianus 



b". Median tooth in upper series ; primary cusp of lower lateral teeth dentic- 

 ulate on inner edge pectorosus 



c'. Heptranchias. Head tapering; snout narrow perlo 



Subgenus Notorynchus Ayres 



HEPTRANCHIAS CEPEDIANUS (Peron) 



Squalus cepedianus P6ron, Voyage Australes, vol. 1, p. 337, 1807; iUd., ed. 2, 

 vol. 2, p. 218, 1824 (type locality: Adventure Bay, Tasmania; Baudin's 

 Expedition). (Not consulted.) 



Notorynchus cepedianus Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol 10, pt. 4, pp. 181, 

 197, 1934 (North Island, New Zealand). 



Squalus platycephalus Tenobe, Mem. Acad. Ponton. Napoli, vol. 1, pp. 241, 258, 

 pi. 4, 1809 (type locality: Naples, Italy). 



'Notorynchus platycephalus Gabman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 18, 1913 

 (Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, East and North Pacific). — Fowleb, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 188 (off Cape of Good Hope). 



NotorhyncJms platycephalus Chevey, Inst. Oc6anogr. Indochine, 19' note, p. 5, 

 1932 (Cochinchina). 



Heptranohias platycephalus Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, 

 p. 1012, 1927 (compiled). — Fowler, Hong Kong Nat., vol. 1, p. 28, fig. 1, 

 1930 (China) ; Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 484, 1930 

 (California; Indian Ocean). — Fang and Wang, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. 

 China, vol. 8, no. 8, p. 215, fig. 1, 1932 (Chefoo; Tsingtau ; Ningpo; 

 Chusan).— Wang, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, vol. 9, p. 87, 1933 

 (Chusan). — Tanaka, Jap. Fish. Life Colours, no. 3, 1933. 



Notidanus indicus Agassiz, Poissons fossiles, pi. E, fig. 1, Feuilleton, pp. 71, 92, 

 pi. E, figs. 1-A (teeth), 1835 (type locality: "Indes Orientales" ) . — Gxjnthee, 

 Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 398, 1870 (Cape Seas).— Day, Fishes of 

 India, pt. 4, p. 723, pi. 189, fig. 4, 1878 (Madras and Cape Seas example).— 

 Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 96, 1880 (Port Jack- 

 son). — Day, Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 30, fig. 10, 1889. — Lucas, 

 Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, new ser., vol. 2, p. 43, 1890 (reference). — Tibant, 

 Service Oceanogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 6*" note, p. 64, 1929 (Cochinchina). 



Notidanus (Heptanchus) indicus Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1880, 

 p. 926 (Ningpo). 



Heptanchus indicus Mxjller and Henie, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, p. 82, pi. 

 32 (teeth), 1841 (Indian Ocean). — Schlegel, in Siebold's Fauna Japonica, 

 Poiss., pt. 15, p. 303, 1850 (Japan). — Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. 

 (Japan), vol. 25, p. 21, 1853 (Japan and West India) ; vol. 26, p. 42, 1857 

 (Japan) ; Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 21, p. 58, 1860 (reference). — 

 DuMTsEiL, Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 434, 1865 ( part ) .—Bleeker, 

 Nederland. Tijdschr, Dierk., vol. 4, p. 119, 1874 (compiled; China). 



Notorynchus maculatus Ayres, Proc. California Acad. Sci., vol. 1, p. 72, 1855 

 (type locality: California). 



