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Reddish above, darker on back. Body and fins with numerous 

 round, irregular dark brown spots. Each dorsal with pair of larger 

 dark spots on front edges, spot above inner pectoral axil, 3 or 4 on 

 caudal. Back w^ith 6 or 7 dark obscure saddles. Length, 908 mm. 

 (Lesson.) 



East Indies. 



Subgenus Chiloscyllium Miiller and Henle 



HEMISCYLLIUM PUNCTATUM (Miiller and Henle) 



Chiloscyllium punctatum Muller and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, p. 19, 

 pi. 3, 1841 (type locality: Java). — Gray, List Fishes British Mus., p. 35, 1851 

 (copied). — Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 2, p. 473, 1851 

 (Rio) ; Verh. Batav. Genootsch., vol. 24, p. 22, 1&52 (Batavia).— DuMi:RiL, 

 Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 2, vol. 5, p. 123, 1853 (type; Pondicherry Bay; China 

 Sea). — Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerland., vol. 1, No. 3, p. 8, 1856 (Macas- 

 sar) ; Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 20, pp. 238, 447, 1859-60 (Singa- 

 pore) ; vol. 22, p. 65, 1860 (Benculen) ; Act. Soc. Sci. Iudo-N<§erland. 

 (Sumatra), vol. 8, p. 2, 1860 ( Benculen ).^ — Dumeril, Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 

 1, p. 330, 1865 (Sea of Indies, China). — Knee, Reise Novara, Fische, p. 413, 

 1865 (Java).— Bleeker, Versl. Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 2, vol. 2, 

 p. 290, 1868 (Rio, Bintang). — Klunzinger, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 math.-nat. CI., vol. 80, pt. 1, p. 427, 1880 (Port Darwin).— Ogilby, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales, ser. 2, vol. 4, p. 181, 1889 (on Klunzinger) ; Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. Queensland, vol. 20, p. 27, 1907 (egg case from Woody Point). — Regan, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908, p. 360 (Thursday Island, Singapore, Java). — 

 Ogilby and McCulloch, Journ. Proc. Roy. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 42, 

 p. 287, fig. 1 (on p. 289 egg case), pi. 43, fig. 2 (fetus), 1909 (Moreton Bay, 

 Dunk Island).— Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 45, p. 567, 1913 (Siasi 

 market; Zamboanga; Cebu). — Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, 

 p. 61, 1913 (Singapore, Philippines, South Celebes). — Weber, Siboga Exped., 

 Fische, vol. 57, p. 576, 1913 (Lombok; Saleyer). — Ogilby, Mem. Queensland 

 Mus., vol. 5, p. 77, 1916 (note).— Heeke, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 26, p. 118, 

 1925 (San Miguel Bay, Camarines Sur; Calapan). — McCuiiOCH and 

 Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 128, 1925 (reference). — 

 Whitley, Australian Zoologist, vol. 4, pt. 4, p. 227, 1926 (Northwest Islet, 

 Capricorn Group, and off Flat Top Island, Mackay, Queensland). — Fowlee, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 592, 1930 (Shanghai) ; Proc. 4th 

 (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 487, 1930 (reference).— Whitley, Rec. 

 Australian Mus., vol. 18, p. 322, figs, la-f, 1932 (Northwest Islet).— Hekee, 

 Journ. Pan-Pacific Res. Inst., vol. 8, No. 4, p. 6, 1933 (Dumaguete).— 

 GiLTAY, Mem. Mus. Roy. Nat. Hist. Belg., Hors. ser. 5, vol. 3, p. 9, 1933 

 (Weeim Island, north of Misol). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, 

 pt. 4, p. 197, 1934 (reference).— Herre, Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 1931, 

 p. 10, 1934 (Cebu; Dumaguete) .—Suvatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 1, 1937 

 (Sriracha). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, 

 p. 11, 1937 (reference). 



Scyllium pwictatum Van Hasselt, Algemein Konst. Letterbode, May 1823, p. — 

 (Java). 



HenUscylUum punctatum Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 7, 1938 (reference). 



