FISHES OF THE PHILIPPHSTE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 117 



Rhineodon typicus Gray, List, fish British Museum, p. 67, 1851 (reference). — 

 Jordan aud Fowler, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, p. 626, 1903 (on Kish- 

 inouye. ) 



Rhinodon typus Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 511, 1891 (reference). 



Rhinodon typicus Eleka, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 615, 1895 (Luzon, Manila). 



Rhineodon typus Gudgb:r, Zoologica, vol. 1, p. 349, 1915 (natural history) ; 

 Science, new ser., vol. 48, p. 622, 1918 (records). — FowLsai, Mem. Bishop 

 Mus., vol. 10, p. 18, 1928 (compiled) ; Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., 

 Java, p. 488, 1930 (Atlantic record). — Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., 

 vol. 30, p. 647, pi., 1935. — Chevey, Inst. Oceanogr. Indochine, 28* Note, 

 Station Maritime de Cauda Annam, pp. 1-32, 1936 (Cochinchina). — 

 RoxAS and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 12, 1937 

 (reference). — Stivatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 2, 1937 (Gulf of Siam). 



Micristodus punctatus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1865, p. 177 

 (type locality: Gulf of California) (teeth).— Mowbray, Sci. Cruise Nourma- 

 hal, Vincent Astor, No. 1, 1933 (Elizabeth Bay, Albemarle Island, Galapagos). 



Setache maxima (not Gunner) J. Thomas. Cannil)als and Convicts Experience 

 Western Pacific, p. 380, 1887 (Red Scar Bay, Southern New Guinea). 



Rhinodon pentalineatiis Kishinouye, Zool. Auz., vol. 24, p. 694, figs., 1891 (type 

 locality: Cape Inul, Japan) ; Dobuts. Zasshi, Tokyo, vol. 15, p. 41, fig., 1903 

 (Japan). 



Depth 51/2 to siibcaudal origin; head 51/2- Snout 2i^ in head; 

 eye 131/2, 5i/4 in snout; mouth cleft about 3i^ in head, upper labial 

 fold longer than lower; teeth in 250 to 300 rows in jaws, 12 to 15 

 transversely ; nostrils at snout end near lip, front valves widely sep- 

 arated, reaching teeth; interorbital moderately elevated, wide. Gill 

 openings nearly equidistant, third largest or li/o in head. 



Pair of keels or ridges on each flank begin above gill arches, upper 

 to interdorsal, lower meeting caudal peduncle keel. 



Front edge of first dorsal II/4 in head; second dorsal length 1%; 

 anal length 2%, begins close behind second dorsal base; ventral 

 length 21/4; caudal 3 in rest of body, subcaudal 4%0 9 pectoral 3% 

 in body to subcaudal origin, width half its length which II/2 to 

 ventral. 



Purplish to reddish browai, profusely sprinkled with spots and 

 streaks of white. Lower surfaces light reddish brown. (Bean; 

 Garman.) 



South Africa, Seychelles, India, Ceylon, East Indies, Philippines, 

 Japan, Australia. Also in the Eastern Pacific in California, Pan- 

 ama, Peru, Chile, and the tropical Atlantic. I have not examined 

 any Pacific specimens. 



U.S.N.M. No. 50227. Near Ormond, Fla. Anderson and Price. 



Family PSEUDOTRIAKIDAE 



Body longer than tail. Snout rounded, depressed. Eyes lateral, 

 without nictitating folds. Mouth wide, very large. Teeth numer- 

 ous, small, tricuspid. Nostrils inferior, separate from one another 

 and from mouth. Gill openings moderate, last above pectoral. 



