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First dorsal inserted behind ventral base, front edge equals head 

 length; front edge of second dorsal similar; anal length 1%; pec- 

 toral reaches li^ to ventral, width 1% its length which equals head; 

 ventral 1% ; caudal 4i/^ in rest of body, subcaudal deep as anal and 

 notch at last fourth its length. 



Brown, with numerous small spots and dots of darker, more or less 

 grouped or clustered. Eleven slightly darker underlaid broad ill- 

 defined crossbands, pale interspaces subequal. One to 3 or 4 large 

 black spots, white-edged, above and behind pectoral base. Belly and 

 under surfaces of fins uniformly pale. Length, 570 mm. (Richard- 

 son; Garman.) 



East Indies, Northwest Australia, North Australia, Queensland. 



HEMISCYLLIUM FREYCINETI (Quay and Gaimard) 



Scyllium freycineti (Cuvier) Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, ZooL, p. 192, 

 1824 (type locality: Waigiu). — MtiLLEE and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagio- 

 stomen, p. 20, 1841 (compiled). 



ChiloscylUum freycineti Richardson, Rep. 12th (1842) Meet. Brit. Assoc. Adv. 

 Sci., p. 30, 1843 (Australia).— Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908, p. 359 

 (compiled).— Beaufort, Bijdr. Dierk., Amsterdam, vol. 19, p. 96, 1913 

 (Saonek, Waigiu). 



EemiscylUum freycineti Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 46, 1913 

 (Waigiu, Papua). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 17, 1928 (com- 

 piled) ; Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 486, 1930 (reference).— 

 Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 197, 1934 (reference). 



Scyllium melaisianum Lesson, Voy. Coquillc, Zool., vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 94, pi. 6, 1830 

 (type locality: Oftack Bay, Waigiu). 



Soyllium malaisianum GtJNTHEE, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 411, 1870 

 (note). 



ChilosGyllium malaianum DvutviiL, Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 2, vol. 5, p. 125, 1853 

 (types) ; Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 832, 1865 (types). 



Hemiscyllium malayanum Bleekee, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 7, p. 

 (362) 376, 1854 (Batjan) ; vol. 8, p. 393, 1855 (Amboina). 



HemiscyUium malaisianum Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 13, 

 p. 386, 1857 (Batjan). 



ChiloscylUum plagiosum (not Bennett) Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch., vol. 

 24, p. 17, 1852 (part). 



Depth 8% to subcaudal origin; head 814. Snout 1% in head; eye 

 6, 3 in snout ; mouth near snout end, with labial folds around angles ; 

 front nasal valves with fleshy pointed cirri ; interorbital convex, well 

 elevated. Gill openings with last 2 closer and above pectoral base. 

 Spiracle below hind part of eye. 



First dorsal origin close behind basal ends of ventrals, front edge 

 equals head to second gill opening; front edge of second dorsal simi- 

 lar; anal length ll^ in head; pectoral I14 to ventral, width 1% its 

 length, which equals head to second gill opening ; ventral very slightly 

 less than head; caudal .5% in rest of body, subcaudal li/^ in caudal 

 length. 



