FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 14.5 



Eypoprlonodon Gill, Auu. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 7, pp. 399, 401, 409, 

 1862. (Type, Carchariua {Hypoprion) Jicwiodon Miiller and Henle, 

 orthotypic. ) 



Differs little from Eulamia and the distinction in the lower erect 

 smooth-edged teeth and only the bases of the upper teeth serrated. 

 Indo-Pacific, Atlantic. Fossils known from the Miocene. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



a\ Second dorsal smaller than anal. 



&\ Snout elongate, pointed ; first dorsal origin above inner pectoral angle ; 



second dorsal origin above hinder third of anal base macloti 



V. Snout shorter, moderate; first dorsal close behind pectoral; second dorsal 



origin little behind anal origin hemiodon 



a*. Second dorsal and anal equal, fins opposite; snout broad and broadly 

 rounded ; first dorsal nearer pectoral bases than ventrals playfairii 



HYPOPRION MACLOTI (Muller and Henle) 



Carcharias {Hypoprion) macloti Mijller and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, 

 p. 34, pi. 10, 1841 (type locality: New Guinea).— Dum6ril, Hist. Nat. 

 Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 350, 1865 (type). 



Carcharias macloti GiJNTHER, Cat. fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 362, 1870 (com- 

 piled).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 713, pi. 188, fig. 2, 1878.— Ramsay, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 96, 1880 (Port Jackson).— 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 6, p. 357, 1881 (Port 

 Jackson). — Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 1768, 

 1888 (Port Jackson). — Day, Fauna British India, Fishes, vol, 1, p. 12, 

 1889. — Pellegbin, Ann. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli, new ser., vol. 3, No. 27, p. 2. 

 1912 (no locality). — Zugmayee, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., m'ath.-phys. Kl., 

 vol. 26, p. 8, 1913 (Mekran). 



Carcharias mccloti Dunckek, Mitt. Naturh. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 21, p. 192, 

 1904 (locality ?). 



8gualus {Hypoprion) macloti Gray, List fish British Museum, p. 43, 1851 

 (compiled). 



Hypoprion macloti Gasman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 121, 1913 (New 

 Guinea, Indian Ocean). — Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., vol. 2, p. 12, 

 fig. 9, 1921 (copied). — McCulloch, Fishes New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 5, 

 pi. 1, fig. 9a, 1927.— Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 21, 1928 (com- 

 piled) ; Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 493, 1930 (compiled).— 

 Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 198, 1934 (reference). — 

 Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 10, 1938 (reference). 



Hypoprion? {Hemi(jaleus) ? heterodus Philippl Anal. Univ. Chile, vol. 71, p. 541, 

 pi. 2, fig. 6, 1887 (type locality: Chile). 



Hypoprion ? {Hemigaleus) ? isodns Philippi, Anal. Univ. Chile, vol. 71, p. 542, 

 pi. 2, fig. 5, 1887 (type locality: Chile). 



Depth 6% to subcaudal origin; head Z%, width 2l^. Snout 21^ 

 in head, narrowly triangular; eye 7%, 3^5 in snout, 3% in inter- 

 orbital; mouth cleft 3% in head, about fV its width, which ly^ in 

 preoral length; short labial fold behind each mouth angle, not ex- 

 tending on jaws; teeth in 27 rows in jaws, slightly inclined, bases 

 of upper denticulated on each side of rather narrowly triangular 



