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First dorsal above space between pectorals and ventrals. Subcaudal 

 followed by shallow notch, lobe moderately produced. 



Species few, in most warm seas. I have not consulted the account 

 of Garcharias kamoharai Matsubara (Dobuts. Zasshi, Tokyo, vol. 

 48, p. 380, 1936). 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



«\ Teeth with basal denticle each side of long median cusp ; caudal 3i^ to 4i^ 

 in total length. 

 6'. First upper tooth smaller than second ; 40 to 45 rows of upper teeth, 36 to 



40 lower; first dorsal before ventrals taurus 



6^ First upper tooth equals second; 32 to 34 rows of upper teeth, 30 to 34 



lower ; first dorsal partly over ventrals tricuspidatus 



al Teeth without denticles; caudal nearly % total length owstoni 



GARCHARIAS TAURUS Rafinesque 



Carcharms taurus Rafinesque, Caratteri animali piante Sicilia, p. 10, pi. 14, 

 fig. 1, 1810 (type locality: Sicily). — Waite, Mem., Australian Mus., vol. 4, 

 p. 36, 1899 (Newcastle and Broken Bay, New South Wales). — Gasman, 

 Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 25, pis. 6, 41, 51, 1913 (Atlantic and 

 Mediterranean).— Baenabd, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, p. 36, pi. 2, 

 flg. 2, 1925 (Cape Seas).— Giltay, Mem. Mus. Roy. Nat. Hist. Belg., Hors 

 ser. 5, vol. 3, p. 7, 1933 (Dobo, Aru Is.). — Fo'wlee, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist, vol. 70, pt. 1, p. 29, fig. 4, 1936 (New Jersey). 



Odontaspis taurus Muixeb and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, p. 73, 1841 

 (Mediterranean, Cape of Good Hope, Atlantic). — Dum^ril, Hist. Nat 

 Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 417, 1865 (Algeria). — Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. 

 Soc. Victoria, vol. 1, p. 217, 1872 (Victoria). — McCoy, Prodromus Zool. 

 Victoria, dec. 61, p. 7, pi. 64, flg. 1, 1882 (Victoria). — Ogilby, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales, ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 1772, 1888 (New South Wales; Port 

 Phillip).— Waite, Prelim. Rep. Thetis Exped., p. 38, 1898 (off Newcastle 

 and Broken Bay, in 16 to 19 fathoms). — WEBEat, Sihoga Exped., Pische, 

 vol. 57, p. 593, 1913 (Leiwiu, Obi major). 



Squalus americanus (not Shaw) Mitchii-l, Rep. Fish. New York, p. 27, 1814 

 (type locality: New York). (As a new species.) 



Odontaspis americanus Gunther, Cat. Fishes. British Mus., vol. 8, p. 392, 1870 

 (Cape of Good Hope, Tasmania). — Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

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

 South Wales, vol. 6, p. 358, 1881 (Port Jackson, Tasmania).— Ogiuby, Cat 

 Fishes. Australian Mus., pt. 1, p. 5, 1888 (Port Jackson). — Boulenger, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1889, p. 243 (Muscat). — Zugmayer, Abh. Kon. 

 Bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. Kl., vol. 26, p. 8, 1913 (Oman). 



Squalus littoralis Mitchill, Amer, Monthly Mag. Crit. Rev., vol. 2, p. 328, 1818 

 (type locality: New York City). 



Squalus macrodus Mitchill, Amer. Monthly Mag. Crit Rev., vol. 2, p. 328, 1818 

 (type locality: New York). 



Garcharias griseus Ayees, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 58, 1842 (type 

 locality: Brookhaven, Long Island) (no description); Boston Journ. Nat. 

 Hist, vol. 4, pp. 288, 293, pi. 12, fig. 4, 1844 (type). 



Odontaspis cinerea (Macleay) Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 

 5, pt. 1, p. 96, 1880 (type locality: Port Jackson) (in footnote). (Name 

 only.) 



