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Proscyllium habereri Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 103, 1913 

 (Takao).— J. Schmidt, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 1930, p. 627, 

 figs. 1-2 (type; Japan) ; Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 

 11, p. 4, 1931 (Kagoshima). 



Proscyllium haberi Jordan, Tanaka, and Snyder, Journ. College Sci. Tokyo, 

 vol. 33, p. 8, 1913 (Kagoshima; Formosa). (Error.) 



Poroscyllium habereri Fowler, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 

 486, 1930 (reference) (error). 



Depth 8% to siibcaudal origin; head 6, width ll^. Snout li/4 in 

 head; eye 4, 1% in snout, without nictitating membrane; mouth 

 width 2 in head, length % its width, labial folds very short, rudi- 

 mentary, only at mouth angles; preoral 2% in head; teeth tricuspid, 

 symmetrical, median cusp strongest, sometimes with 2 more cusps, 

 all nearly same size, 28 rows above; nostrils slightly oblique, inter- 

 narial slightly less than hind border of each valve; interorbital 

 moderately equidistant, last smallest and above pectoral base. 



Scales very small, tricuspid, with short median spines. 



First dorsal entirely before ventrals, front edge l^^ in head, 

 second dorsal origin little behind anal origin, front edge 1% in 

 head; anal length 2xV; pectoral li/g, width about I/2 length which 

 not quite to first dorsal origin or little less than half way to ventral 

 origin; ventral length 1% in head; caudal 4% in rest of body, sub- 

 caudal little deeper than anal, front edge 2% in head, notch at last 

 third. 



Gray-brown, yellowish on belly. Distinct brown crossbands on 

 upper side, each spotted with 3 to 5 rows of round dark brown 

 spots and interchanging with lighter bands having less spots and 

 more narrow; first dark band between eyes, 5 behind eyes to first 

 dorsal, 4 between dorsals, 1 below second dorsal and 2 on caudal. 

 Some more diffuse dark spots on lower parts of sides. Snout, both 

 dorsals, pectorals and caudal above with round dark spots. Under 

 surface immaculate. Length, 670 mm. (J. Schmidt.) 



Formosa, Japan. 



Family ORECTOLOBIDAE 



Body short, partly cylindrical to moderate and depressed. Tail 

 long and slender with short caudals to rather short with long caudals. 

 Head narrow. Snout very short to wide. Eyes small, without nicti- 

 tating membrane. Mouth transverse, with labial folds around angles 

 on both jaws. Teeth compressed, with or without lateral cusps at 

 each side of median. Nostrils with nasoral grooves and cirri on 

 anterior nasal valves. Gill openings small to moderate, last 2 or 3 

 above pectoral. Spiracle minute and behind eye to large and more 

 or less below eye. Fins short and broad, except caudal, which often 

 narrow and not lobed. No fin spines. No caudal pits. 



