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vol. 6, p. 97, 1918 (Southport, Queensland). — McCixlloch and Whitley, Mem. 



Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 127, 1925 (reference). — McCulloch, Fishes 



New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 7, pi. 2, fig. 18a, 1927.— Fowlek, Proc. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 87, p. 362, 1935 (Natal) ; List Fish. Malaya, 



p. 8, 1938 (reference). 

 Sqnalus longicaudus Gmeutn, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, p. 1496, 1789 (no locality) 



(on Gronow and Seba). 

 Squahis maculatus (not Bonnaterre, 1788) Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 130, 



1801 (type locality: "Habitat in ocean orientali"). 

 Scyllinm quinquecarmatttm Van Hasselt, Algemein Konst. Letterbode, May 



1823, p. — (type locality: Java). 

 Scyllium heptagonnm Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, p. 61, pi. 17, fig. 1, 1835 



(type locality: Djedda, Red Sea). 

 Stegostoma carina turn Bltth, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 16, pt. 2, p. 725, 



pi. 25, fig. 1, 1847 (type locality: India). 

 Squalus pantherinus (Knhl and Van Hasselt) Bleekeb, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. 



(Plagiost.), vol. 24, p. 23, 1852 (name in synonymy). 

 Squalus cirrosus Gbat, Cat. Fish. Gronow, p. 46, 1854 (no locality). 

 Stegostoma variiim Gaeman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 59, 1913 (type 



locality: East Africa). — Heiire, Philippine Joum. Sci., vol. 26. p. 125. 1925 



(Manila Bay; San Jose del Monte). — Chevbtt, Inst. Oc^anogr. Indochine, 19^ 



note, p. 5, 1932 (Cochinchina). — Herre, Joum. Pan-Pac. Res. Inst., vol. 8, No. 



4, p. 6, 1933 (Dumaguete). — Tortonese, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Torino, 



ser. 3, vol. 43. p. 222, 1933 (mar Rosso) ; ser. 3, vol. 45, p. 8, 1935-36 (Bahia di 



Assab, mar Rosso). 

 Stegastoma varium. Hejire, Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 1931, p. 10, 1934 



(Dumaguete) (error). 



Depth 41/^ to 4I/2 to subcaudal origin; head 3% to 4, width 1 to 

 11/5. Snout 1% to 1% in head ; eye 10 to IOI/2, 7 in snout, 9 to 93^ 

 in interorbital ; mouth width 2i/^ to 3%, with short labial folds at 

 angles and with preoral upper fold followed by hind narial flap; 

 teeth small, tricuspid, 20 to 23 rows in each jaw; interorbital 1% to 

 ly^ in head, broadly convex. Spiracle short vertical slit about half 

 eye diameter behind eye and length II/2 in eye. 



Scales with median keel and 1 or 2 laterals each side, all ending 

 in short points. 



First dorsal inserted little before ventral, length I14 to ll^ in 

 head; second dorsal before anal, length 1% to 2% in head; anal 

 length 21/10 ; ventral ly^ to 2; pectoral ll^ to greater than head or 

 reaches 3% to caudal base, width I14 its length ; caudal very slightly 

 less than rest of body to little greater in young. 



Brown largely, under surface of head and abdomen uniform 

 whitish. Over back 12 cross bands of little deeper brown, each 

 bordered broadly by blackish, between snout end and first dorsal 

 with first 8 looped variably as pairs; on rest of body and tail about 

 25 dark cross bands of which half dozen looped and paired. Whole 

 lower side of body and tail, also anal and upper surfaces of paired 

 fins, with dark or blackish spots, largest but little longer than eye. 



