FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 31 

 CEPHALOSCYLLIUM ISABELLUM (Bonnaterre) 



Squalus isahella Bonnaterre, Tableau encyclop. Ichth., p. 6, 1788 (type locality: 

 La mer du sud).— Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, p. 514, 1792 (on Brous- 

 sonet). — DoNNDORF, Zoologlsche Beitrage zur 13 ten Ausgabe . . . , vol. 

 3, p. 836, 1798.— LACEPftDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 1, p. 255, 1798 (on 

 Gmelin).— Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 127, 1801 (New Zealand). 



Squalus sabella Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, p. 1489, 1789. 



Scyliorhinus isal)ellus Blainville, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1816, p. 121 (name 

 only). 



CephaloscyUium sahella Waite, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 43, p. 384, 1910 

 (note on name). — Philupps, New Zealand Journ. Sci. Techn., vol. 6, nos. 

 5-6, p. 264, fig. 8, 1924 (off Hokitika). 



CeplialoscylUum isahella McCulloch, Zool. Res. Endeavour, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 6, 

 1911 (off Flinders Island, Bass Strait). 



CepJialoscylUimi isaheUum Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 79, 1913 

 (Australia, New Zealand). — Fowler, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., 

 Java, p. 484, 1930 (reference). 



CephalosciiUmn isahella Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 98, 

 1934 (reference) (error). 



CephaliscylUum. isahella isahella Whitley, Rec. Australian I\Ius., vol. 18, p. 324, 

 1932 (New Zealand). 



Scyllium laticeps Dumep.il, Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 2, vol. 5, p. 84, pi. 3, fig. 2, 1853 

 (head) [type locality: Coasts of New Holland (Verreaux)]; Hist. Nat. 

 Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 323, 1865 (type). — Gunther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., 

 vol. 8, p. 4(M, 1870 (Tasmania). — Hectoe, in Hutton and Hector, Fishes of 

 New Zealand, p. 79, 1872 (Dusky Bay). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New 

 South Wales, vol. 5, p. 297, 1880 (Tasmania) ; vol. 6, p. 361, 1881 (Tas- 

 mania). 



Catulus laticeps Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, p. 38, 1901 

 (Nagasaki). 



Scyliorhinus laticeps Regan. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 1, p. 458, 1908 

 (South Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand). 



CephaloscyUium laticeps Waite, Rec. Canterbury Mus., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 0, pi. 

 14, fig. 1, pi. 21, fig. 1, 1909 (egg case) (Molyneux Bay to Bay of Plenty, 

 13 to 94 fathoms).— Young, Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 60, p. 139, 1929 

 (Chatham Island). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 198, 

 1934 (reference). 



CephaloscyUium isabclla laticeps Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 18, p. 322, 

 fig. 2, 1932 (Derwent River, Tasmania). 



Scyllium? lima Richardson, Rep. British Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1842, p. 29, 1843 

 (type locality: Eaheenomauwee, New Zealand) (on Squalus lima Parkin- 

 son, Ms.). 



CephaloscyUium indicum (not Gmelin) Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., 

 vol. 3, p. 128, 1901 (reference). 



CephaloscyUium laticeps forma nascione Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 18, 

 No. 6, p. 324, fig. 2, 1932 (type locality: Trawled in 90 fathoms, 24 miles 

 NNE. of Montague Island, New South Wales). 



Deptli 61/2 to subcaudal origin; head 4%, wide as long. Snout 3 in 

 head; eye 10, 31/^ in snout, on upper surface of head but directed 

 laterally ; mouth very large, without distinct labial fold ; teeth alike 

 in jaws, small, bases broad, cusps 3 with laterals small ; 6 rows of teeth 

 functional, 70 rows above, 60 below; nostrils close to snout edge, 



