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Scyliorhinus africanns Blainviule, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1816, p. 121 (name 

 only).— Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 1, p. 456, 1908 (South 

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

 Rep. Sci. Res. Scotia, Scot. Nat. Antarct. Exped., vol. 4, p. 394, 1915 (en- 

 trance to Saldanha Bay). 



Scylliorhimis africamis Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 283, 1916 (references). — Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 

 1, p. 39, 1925 (False Bay to Algoa Bay; Madagascar) ; pt. 2, p. 1013, 1927 

 (note). 



ScylUum africanum Andrew Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1837, p. 85 (ref- 

 erence). — MtJLLEK and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen. p. 12, pi. 7, fig., 

 1841 (Cape of Good Hope). — Andretw Smith, Illustr. Zool. South Africa, 

 Fishes, pi. 25, fig. 1, 1849 (South African Seas).— Gray, List. Fish. Brit. 

 Mus., 1851, p. 31 (Cape Seas, Cape of Good Hope). — Dum^kil, Hist. Nat. 

 Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 321, 1865 (Cape of Good Hope). — Gijnther, Cat. Fishes 

 British Mus., vol. 8, p. 405, 1870 (South Africa).— Bleeker, Verh. Akad. 

 Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 18, p. 1, 1879 (Mauritius). — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. 

 Madagascar, Poiss., p. 6 (511), 1891. 



Poroderma africamtm Andrew Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1837, p. 85 (ref- 

 erence). — Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 70, 1913 (Algoa Bay; 

 Cape of Good Hope). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 

 189 (Bird Island, South Africa, in 40 fathoms). 



Squalus vittatus Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, p. 516, 1792 (on Broussonet, 

 Mem. Acad. Sci. Paris, 1780, p. 659, No. 9; Leipzig Mag., vol. 4, p. 335, 1786, 

 type locality: Cape of Good Hope). — Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Misc., vol. 9, 

 pi. 346, 1798 (African Seas). 



Squalus striatus Lichtenstein, Descr. Anim. Forster, p. 407, 1844 (type locality : 

 "In portu falso ad Prom. b. spei"). 



ScylUum africanum var. africana s. striata Gunther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., 

 vol. 8, p. 406, 1870 (Cape Seas; Cape of Good Hope). 



Depth 7% to subcaudal origin; abdominal cavity 2%; head 4%, 

 depressed forward, broadly convex behind. Snout 2% in head, length 

 % width, triangular as viewed above and narrowing at tip; eye 5i/4 

 in head, mouth length % width, labial fold behind rictus and on lower 

 jaw, latter y^ mandibular ramus; upper teeth 48, lower 44, small, 

 tricuspid, median cusp slender and greatly longest; nasal cirrus 

 short, not reaching lip edge ; interorbital ^4 wider than mouth. 



Scales moderately rough on back and head above, tricuspid, median 

 cusp long and large. 



First dorsal inserted opposite hind depressed ventral edge, little 

 smaller than ventral, front edge 1^3 in head; second dorsal inserted 

 little nearer subcaudal origin than anal origin, little smaller than jBrst 

 dorsal; anal nearly y^ again long as second dorsal; pectoral 1% to 

 ventral, width ly^ its length; caudal 3i/^ in rest of body, front sub- 

 caudal edge 214 in fin. 



When fresh, white with 5 stripes of black and faint one each side. 

 Eye yellow, with white ring. 



South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar. 



1 example. A.N.S.P. Bird Island, in 40 fathoms. H. W. Bell Marley. Length, 

 404 mm. 



