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189, fig. 1, 1878 (Red Sea, Sind, Indian Ocean). — Maci.e-\y, Proc. Linn. Soc 

 New South Wales, vol. 6, p. 3o0, 1881 (Torres Strait).— Beusina, Glasnils 

 Naravosl. Druztva. vol. 3, p. 233, 1888 (Red Sea).— Ogh^by, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales, ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 1767, 1888 (Torres Strait).— Day, 

 Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 11, 1889. — Boulengeb, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, p. 242, 1889 (Muscat). — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., 

 p. 510, 1891 (reference). — Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, pt. 17, p. 478, 

 1910 (Ponape). — Ztjgmayer, Abh. Kon. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. Kl., 

 vol. 26, p. 8 (Mekran and Oman), p 17 (Gwadar), 1913. — Tibant, Service 

 Oc6anogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 6" note, p. 61, 1929 (Cochinchina). 



Varcharias (Aprionodon) actitidens Dum£:bil, Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 

 349, 1865 (Red Sea; Mexico?). — Schmet.tz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, no. 5, p. 40, 

 1874 (Australia). 



Squalus acutidens Gray, List fish British Museuut, p. 43, 1851 (compiled). 



A})rion acutidens Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, no. 4, p. 28, 1869 (Port 

 Mackay ) . 



Aprionodon acutidens Gabman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 118, 1913 

 (Apiang). — Ogilby, Mem. Queensland IMus., vol. 5, p. 80, 1916 (Torres Strait 

 specimen). — McCxjlloch and Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, 

 p. 128, 1925 (reference).— Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 22, 1928 

 (Apiang specimen) ; Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 493, 1930 

 (reference).— Che\'ey, Inst. Oceanofcr. Indochine. 19" note, p. 6, 1932 (Indo- 

 china). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 199, 1934 (ref- 

 erence). — ToBTONESE, Boll. IMus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Torino, ser. 3, vol. 45, no. 

 63, p. 9, 1935-36 (Massaua, Mar Rosso), 



'Jarcfiarias forskalii (Ehreuberg) Klunzingfr, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 

 21, p. 658, 1871 (name in synonymy). 



Carcharias forskdlii Hilgendobf, Symbol. Phys. Hemprich Ehrenberg, p. 8, pi. 5, 

 fig. 2, 1890 (type locality: Red Sea). 



Carcharias munzingeri Kossmann and Ratjbee, Zool. Ergebn. Reise Roth. Meer., 

 vol. 1, p. 31, 1877 (type locality: Red Sea). 



Depth 71/1 to siibcaudal origin; head 3%, width 1%. Snout 3% 

 in head; eye 11%, 3i/2 in snout, about 7 in interorbital ; mouth length 

 11/^ in its width, or little greater than preoral length; mouth width 

 21/^ in head ; preoral length 414 ; teeth entire, bases broad, cusps erect, 

 narrow, lanceolate, upper slightly notched basally; nostrils midway 

 in preoral length, with rather broad inner lobe, internarial equal to 

 preoral length ; interorbital 1% in head, moderately high. Gill open- 

 ings equidistant, last 2 above pectoral. 



Scales small, with 3 to 5 keels and as many points. 



First dorsal inserted opposite hind inner pectoral angle, front edge 

 1% in head; second dorsal origin little before anal origin, front fin 

 edge 1% in head; anal little smaller than second dorsal, front fin 

 edge 2% in head; least depth of caudal peduncle 7%; pectoral li/g, 

 width 1% its length ; ventral length 2% in head ; caudal 2% in rest of 

 body, subcaudal 21/10 in caudal. 



Graj'-brown above, below whitish. (Hilgendorf.) 



Red Sea, Arabia, Seychelles, India, Indochina, North Australia, 

 Queensland, Micronesia. Riippell's type was 763 mm. long, and his 



