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Scales small, sharp, with strong median cusp and rudimentary 

 lateral cusps. 



First dorsal inserted above middle of ventral, front edge ly^ in 

 head ; second dorsal inserted above forward half of anal, front edge 

 11/4 in head ; anal smaller than second dorsal, front edge 1% in head ; 

 caudal Sy^ in rest of body, subcaudal little lower than anal ; pectoral 

 1% in head, width 14^ its length; ventral l^/^; clasper rather long, 

 slender, styliform. 



Light brownish. Young with about 12 transverse bands of brown 

 on back, separated by pairs of white spots or light blotches. Fins 

 with dark brown blotches and white ends. Lower surfaces whitish. 

 With age more irregularly spotted and blotched with brown, less 

 banded, white spots retained as brown edged ocelli. Males, 478 mm. ; 

 females, 503 mm. (Day, Garman.) 



India, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, East Indies, Siam, Philippines, 

 Indo-China, China. From Philippine waters previously known only 

 from Elera's references. 



A432. Jolo, in lobster pots. March 6, 1908. Length, 455 mm. 

 A4895. Siasi Island market. February 17, 1908. Length, 605 mm. 

 A1415. Makassar market, Celebes. December 22, 1909. Length, 695 mm. 



Genus HAPLOBLEPHARUS Garman 



HaplodlepJiarus Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 101, 1913. (Type, 

 ScylUum edwardsii Cuvier, monotypic.) 



Body short, caudal portion larger. Head broad, depressed. 

 Snout short, rather pointed. Eye moderate, orbit elongate, lower 

 lid not attached within upper lid, but closing against it, without 

 fold. Mouth moderate, with strong labial fold around angles. 

 Teeth minute, numerous, each with strong median and weaker lat- 

 eral cusps. Nostrils nearer mouth than snout end, with nasoral 

 grooves, without cirri, without posterior valves; anterior valves 

 reach mouth in wide angular flap, forming broad lip narrowly at- 

 tached in middle. Gill openings moderate, last narrow and above 

 pectoral. Spiracle small, close to eye. Hind angles of dorsals and 

 anal not produced. Subcaudal small, without prominent lobe. 



HAPLOBLEPHARUS EDWARDSII (Muller and Henle) 



ScylMum edwardsii (Cuvier) Andbew Smith, Proc. Zool., Sec. London, 1837, 

 p. 85 (name only). — MiJrxEE and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, p. 4, 

 pi. 1, 1841 (type locality: Cape of Good Hope). — Gray, Cat. Fishes British 

 Mus., p. 28, 1851 (Cape of Good Hope). — Dumeril, Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 

 1, p. 319, 1865 (Cape of Good Hope). — Gunther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 

 8, p. 401, 1870 (Cape of Good Hope). 



Scyliorliinus edicardsii Began, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 1, p. 463, 1908 

 (South Africa) ; Ann. Natal Gov. Mus., vol. 1, p. 241, 1908 (Bird Island).— 

 Clarke, Rep. Sci. Res. Scotia, Scot. Nat. Antarct. Exped., vol. 4, p. 394, 1915 

 (Houties Bay and off Salamander Point; entrance Saldanha Bay). 



