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row of smaller median teeth above and below ; nostrils little smaller 

 than eyes, midway in preoral length ; internarial between outer nasal 

 angles equals preoral length. 



First dorsal close behind pectoral, upper angle rounded, hinder 

 acuminate, hind edge indented; second dorsal above anal, origin 

 little behind anal origin, base % anal base length, upper angle blunt, 

 liinder acuminate; hind anal angle acute, hinder margin deeply 

 notched; outer and inner pectoral angles rounded, hind edges 

 concave. 



Blackish gray, lighter below. (Garman.) 



Arabia, India, East Indies, Indo-China, North Australia. Re- 

 ported from the Philippines by Elera. According to Dumeril the 

 largest of the 4 types measures 550 mm. 



HYPOPRION PLAYFAIRII (Gfinther) 



Carcharias playfaini Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 8, p. 362, 1870 (type 



locality: Zanzibar). 

 Hypoprion pTayfairii Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 122, 1913 



(Zanzibar). 



Snout short, obtusely rounded; preoral length rather more than 

 mouth length, li/^ in mouth width ; teeth in 29 rows above, 28 rows 

 below, alike in jaws, erect, constricted, on broad 2-rooted base, upper 

 rather broader than lower and with some obtuse denticulations on 

 base ; nostrils midway between snout end and mouth. Gill openings 

 much wider than orbit. 



First dorsal fin nearer pectoral base than ventral base; second 

 dorsal equal in size and form and exactly opposite anal, I/3 size of 

 first dorsal; caudal 4 in total; pectorals of moderate length and 

 width, not extending to end of first dorsal, length of inner margin 

 Ys of outer. 



Extremities of all fins with black spot. Length, 416 mm. 

 (Giinther.) 



Zanzibar. This species based on a stuffed, likely dry, example in 

 the British Museum. 



Genus EULAMIA Gill 



Eulamia Gill, Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist., New York, vol. 7, p. 401, 1862. (Type, 



Carcharias lamia Risso, orthotypic.) 

 Platypodon Gill. Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist., New York, vol. 7, p. 401, 1862. (Type, 



Carcharias iPHonocLon) nienisorrah Miiller and Henle, orthotypic.) 

 Isogomphodon Gill, Ann. Lyceum Nat Hist New York, vol. 7, p. 401, 1862. 



(Type, Carcharias (Prioiwdon) ojpyrhytichus Miiller and Henle, orthotypic.) 

 Lamiopsis Gill, Ann. Lyceum Nat Hist, New York, vol. 7, p. 401, 1862. (Type, 



Carcharias {Prionodon) temtninckii Miiller and Henle, orthotypic.) 

 Isoplagiodon Gill, Ann. Lyceum Nat Hist., New York, vol. 7, p. 401, 1862. 



(Type, Carcharias {Prionodon) sorrah (Valenciennes) Miiller and Henle, 



orthotypic.) 



