FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 81 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



a\ Hemiscyllium. Mouth nearer snout end than front eye edge; lower labial 

 fold not crossing or forming fold across chin. 

 &\ Large ocellate dark spot above pectoral, 

 c^. First dorsal origin above ends of ventral bases; spots black, round, 



scattered ocellatum 



(f. First dorsal origin behind vertical from ventral bases; spots brown, 



clustered trispeculare 



6^ Nonocellated black spot above pectoral; dorsal angles extended behind; 



spots dark, numerous, I'ounded freycineti 



a^. Mouth nearer front eye edge than snout end ; fold of lower lip continuous. 

 d\ Chilosctllixjm. One median dermal ridge on back ; anal shorter than 

 subcaudal. 

 e\ First dorsal origin over forward half of ventral base ; dorsals larger 



than ventrals, hind angles extended punctatum 



e^ First dorsal origin over middle of ventral base ; dorsals smaller than 

 ventrals, hind angles not extended; body with transverse bands 



and white spots plagiosum 



cl First dorsal origin above ventral ends ; dorsals smaller than ventrals, 

 hind angles rounded ; body with transverse bands and dark spots. 



griseum 



d\ Synchismus. Three dermal median ridges on back; fins small, anal 



long as subcaudal ; first dorsal origin above ventral ends, hind angles 



not extended colax 



Subgenus Hemiscyllium A. Smith 



HEMISCYLLIUM OCELLATUM (Bonnaterre) 



Sgualus ocellatus Bonnaterre, Tableau Encyclop. Ichth., p. 8, 1788 (type local- 

 ity: La mer du Sud) (on L'Oeille Broussonet, M6m. Acad. Sei. Paris, p. 660, 

 no. 10, 1780, New Holland).— Shaw, Nat. Misc., vol. 5, pi. 161, 1783.— 

 Gmeojn, Syst. Nat Linn., vol. 1, p. 1494, 1789. — Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 

 3, p. 516, 1792 (copied).— Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 129, 1801 

 (Pacific Ocean at New Holland).— Griffith, Animal Kingd. Cuvier, vol. 10, 

 p. 598, pi. 3, 1834.— Andrew Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1837, p. 86 

 (reference). 



Scyliorhinus ocellatus Blainville, Bull. Soc. Fhilom., Paris, 1816, p. 121 (name 

 only). 



Hemiscyllium ocellatum Muller and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, p. 16, 

 1841 (New Holland).— Vaillant, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 8, vol. 3, 

 p. 10, 1891 (Thursday Island). — Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, 

 p. 44, 1913 (Australia, New South Wales). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., 

 vol. 10, p. 17, 1928 (New Guinea, Port Moresby, Port Jackson) ; Proc. 4th 

 (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr. Java, p. 486, 1930 (East Indies) ; Mem. Bishop 

 Mus., vol. 11, no. 5, p. 314, 1931 (Port Jackson specimen likely from Queens- 

 land).— Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 18, p. 321, pi. 36, figs. la-Id, 

 1932 (Low Isles, North Queensland). — Fowler, INIem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, 

 No. 6, p. 385, 1934 (Port Moresby, New Guinea ) .—Whitley, Mem. Queens- 

 land Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 197, 1934 (reference). 



Chiloscyllium ocellatum GIjnther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 410, 1870 

 (Cape York, North West Australia, Sunday Island, Australia, South Sea) ; 

 in Brenchley's Cruise of Curacoa, p. 409, 1873 (Solomon Islands). — 

 KLUNZINGE3J, Sitzungsbcr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math-nat. CI., vol. 80, pt. 1, 



