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Lamna ecarinata Hilgbndorf, Symbol. Physic. Hemprich Ehrenberg, p. 8, pi. 

 6, fig. 1, 1899 (type locality: Mediterranean; Alexandria). 



Carcharias arenarius Oghjby, Ann. Queensland Mus., no. 10, p. 37, 1911 (type 

 locality: Moreton Bay, Queensland) ; Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, p. 73, 

 1916 (Moreton Bay). — Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., vol. 2, p. 19, fig. 

 23, 1921. — McCuLLOCH and Whuxet, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, 

 p. 129, 1925 (reference). — McCtjlloch, Fishes Nevs^ South Wales, ed. 2, p. 

 8, 1927.— Fowler, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 487, 1930 

 (compiled). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 199, 1934 

 (reference) ; Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 20, no. 1, p. 3, fig. 1, 1937 (Batemans 

 Bay, New South Wales). 



Depth 51/4 to subcaudal origin; head 4, width li/^. Snout 3% in 

 head; eye 12, 3l^ in snout, 5i/^ in interorbital ; mouth gape 314 in 

 head, 1% in mouth width; preoral 4% in head; upper labial fold 

 shorter than lower, which % to symphysis; 45 rows of teeth above, 

 38 to 40 rows below, decrease towards mouth corners, median enlarged 

 cusp long, slender and edges sharp, also larger teeth with 3 or 4 small 

 basal cusps, 2 on each side; nostril nearly midway in snout length, 

 front valve with somewhat extended lobe near edge, internarial 

 slightly less than preoral; interorbital 21^, little elevated, broadly 

 convex. Third gill opening longest, 4 in head, nearly equidistant. 



Scales rather rough to touch, each with 3 keels. 



First dorsal before ventral, front edge 2% in head; second dorsal 

 before anal, front edge 3% in head ; front anal edge 3 ; pectoral 1%, 

 width 114 its length which 2% to ventral ; ventral length 2% in head ; 

 caudal 3i/^ in rest of body; subcaudal front edge 2% in fin. 



Gray brown above, whitish below. Sometimes mottled or spotted 

 obscurely with rusty or darker, also fin edges dark. Reaches 

 3,666 mm. 



Arabia, South Africa, India, East Indies, Queensland, New South 

 Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania. Also in the Atlantic. 

 The above description is from West Atlantic (New Jersey) specimens 

 in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



CARCHARIAS TRICUSPIDATUS Day 



Carcharias tricuspicLatus Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 713, pi. 186, fig. 1, 1878 

 (type locality: Kurrachee and Beloochistan) ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 

 vol. 20, p. 389, 1887 (note).— Ogilby, Ann. Queensland Ms., no. 10, p. 37, 

 1911 (note).— GARMAN, Mem. Mus. Ck)mp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 26, 1913 (India, 

 Cape of Good Hope, South Australia). — Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., 

 vol. 2, p. 19, fig. 24, 1921.— McCuLLOCH, Fishes New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 8, 

 pi. 2, fig. 21b, 1927. — TiKANT, Service Oc^anogr. peches Indo-Ghine, 6* note, 

 p. 61, 1929 (Phurochai).— FowLEE, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., 

 Java, p. 487, 1930 (reference). — Chevey, Inst. Oceanogr. Indochine, 19* 

 note, p. 5, 1932 (Cochinchina). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, 

 pt. 4, p. 199, 1934 (reference). — Toetonese, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp, 

 Torino, set. 3, vol. 45. no. 63, p. 7, 1935-36 (Bahia di Assab, Mar Rosso). 



