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mouth somewhat pointed arch, upper labial fold % jaw length, lower 

 little shorter and partly hidden at angle; teeth in 25 rows above, 

 26 rows below, deeply notched on hind edge, broad based, cusps in- 

 clined outward, concave on inner edge; upper median and 2 lower 

 symphyseal teeth more erect and smaller than others; outer nasal 

 angles nearer to snout end than mouth angles. Gill openings rather 

 narrow, last 2 above pectoral. 



Scales minute, 5 keels produced as short spines. 



First dorsal base 2l^ times its length before second dorsal, hind 

 angle reaches opposite ventral origin; second dorsal very small, 

 acuminate end extended more than halfway from its base to caudal 

 pit; anal base nearly twice second dorsal base, ends below middle 

 of latter, hind edge deeply excavated; caudal less l^ of total, sub- 

 caudal prominent, pits distinct; pectoral reaches middle of first 

 dorsal base, hind edge concave, inner angle extends little behind 

 vertical from first dorsal origin; ventral equals anal, inner angles 

 much less produced. 



Back brown, shading white below from flanks and sides of head. 

 Hind pectoral edges white. Length, 480 mm. (Garman.) 



East Indies, Philippines. Probably not distinct from Scoliodon 

 walbeehmAi. 



SCOLIODON PALASORRAH (Cuvier) 



Carcharias palasoirah Cuvier, Regne Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 388, 1829 (on 

 Palasorrah Russell, Fishes of Coromandel, vol. 1, p. 9, pi. 14, 1803, type 

 locality: Vizagapatam ; Madras). 



Carcharias palasorra Bleekeb, Verh. Batav. Genootscli. (Bengal), vol. 25, p. 9, 

 1853 (reference). 



Carcharias (Prionodon) palanorra Bleekek, Verh. Batav. Genootscli. (Bengal), 

 vol. 25, p. 9, 1853 (reference). 



Scoliodon palasorrah Gaeman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. Ill, 1913 

 (India, East Indies). — Fovi^ler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 22, 1928 (com- 

 piled) ; Hong Kong Nat., vol. 1, p. 83, 1930 (China) ; Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific 

 Sci. Congr., Java, p. 494, 1930 (East Indies) ; Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, 

 No. 5, p. 314, 1931 (references). — Chevey, Inst. Oc6anogr. Indochine, 19* 

 note, p. 5, 1932 (Cochinchina). — Hebre, Journ. Pan.-Pac. Res. Inst., vol. 

 8, No. 4, p. 6, 1933 (Dumaguete) ; Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 1931, 

 p. 11, 1934 (Dumaguete). — Tortonese, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Torino, 

 ser. 3, vol. 45, No. 63, p. 8, 1935-36 (Massaua, Mar Rosso). — Suvatti, Index 

 Fish. Siam, p. 2, 1937 (Samut Prakan; Laem Sing; Maeklong). — Roxas and 

 Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 13, 1937 (reference). — 

 Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 11, 1938 (reference). 



Carcharias acutus Rxjppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, p. 65, pi. 18, fig. 4, 1835 

 (type locality: Djedda, Red Sea). — Schmet^tz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 2, 

 p. 10, 1865 (South Seas).— GtxNTHEE, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 358, 

 1870 (Cape of Good Hope, East Indies, Piuang, Singapore, Vizagapatam, 

 Japan). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. -hot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21, p. 655, 1871 (Koseir, 

 Red Sea).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 712, pi. 188, fig. 2, 1878 (Ma- 

 dras). — Karou, Termez. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 148, 1881 (Sarangoon; 



