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orbital 2, broad, flat. Gill openings equidistant, last smallest, last 2 

 above pectoral base. 



Scales small, rough. 



First dorsal larger than second, inserted over middle of ventrals, 

 front edge I14 in head ; front edge of second dorsal 21/3 ; anal origin 

 little before second dorsal origin, fin little larger, front fin edge 2 in 

 head ; caudal 4l^ in rest of body, subcaudal little higher than anal ; 

 pectoral li^ in head, width 1% its length; ventral length 1% in 

 head; claspers moderate. 



Pale brown, very light below. Above marbled with darker or 

 deeper brown. Back with 5 pale ruddy brown cross bars; with 

 blotches of darker brown, first behind eye, next over pectoral base, 

 third between last named and first dorsal, also one at second dorsal; 

 on caudal 2 broad cross bars, one at caudal base and other near its 

 tip. Length, 989 mm. (Jordan and Fowler.) 



Japan. The type, a dried skin, in Stanford University. Garman 

 describes an example 1,002 mm. with 118 rows of upper teeth and 124 

 lower rows. I cannot agree with Schmidt that it is "probable" that 

 the present species is synonymous with Catulus torazaine Tanaka. 

 The different proportions and arrangement of the fins, besides the 

 greatly smaller pectorals, at once separate the present species. 



CEPHALOSCYLLIUM SUFFLANS (Regan) 



ScyliorJiinus {CeplialoscyUhim) sufflans Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 



vol. 7, p. 413, 1921 (type locality: Natal). 

 Scylliorhinns sufflans Gixchrist, Marine Biol. Surv. South Africa, Spec. Rep. 



No. 2, pt. 3, p. 46, 1922 (Natal, in 160 to 175 fa thorns ) .—Barnard, Ann. 



South African Mus., vol. 21, p. 41, 1925 (Natal, in 120 to 175 fathoms). 

 Cephaloscylliinn sufflans Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 87, 



p. 362, fig. 2-3, 1935 (Natal, 70 to 80 fathoms). 



Snout obtusely pointed, its preoral length i/o space between outer 

 edges of nasal flaps; mouth twice as wide as long; no labial folds; 

 nasal flaps without cirri, internarial space II/2 length of posterior 

 edge of either and 5 times their distance from edge of lip. Gill 

 openings subequal, last 2 closer together than others. 



First dorsal inserted over middle of ventrals, front angle rounded, 

 posterior obtuse, base ly^ that of second dorsal and equal to its dis- 

 tance from that fin, which ends nearly above anal end; anal base 

 nearly above anal end; anal base nearly equals first dorsal base, 

 longer than its distance from caudal; pectoral angles rounded, 

 reaches not quite half way to ventrals. 



Grayish, without distinct spots or markings. Length, 750 mm. 

 (Regan.) 



Off Natal, South Africa. 



