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Mustelus antarcticus (not Giinther) Phillipps, New Zealand Journ. Sci. Tech., 

 vol. 6, p. 263, fig. 7, 1924 (New Zealand) ; Bibl. New Zealand Fish., Fisher. 

 Bull. 1, p. 8, 1927. 



Snout to pectoral origin 5% in total length, equals distance from 

 hind tip of first dorsal to origin of second dorsal. First 3 gill slits 

 slightly increase in size backward and last 2 decrease considerably. 

 Dorsal origin halfway between snout tip and second dorsal origin, 

 just behind rounded inner edge of pectoral, and hind dorsal lobe 

 reaches nearly to ventral, which much nearer snout than tip of tail. 

 Anal reaches over one-third and under half distance from its base to 

 caudal origin. Upper caudal lobe measured obliquely equals dis- 

 tance from snout to last gill opening. (Phillipps.) 



New Zealand. Said to differ from Mustelus antarcticus in its spot- 

 ted body, prenasal space 3% in head to first gill slit (compared with 

 3), gills increasing in size backward to third which largest and then 

 suddenly decreasing (compared with gills decreasing backward or 

 first 2 largest), upper caudal lobe equals space from snout to last 

 gill opening (compared with same space much less in Mustelus ant- 

 arcticus), and reaching over one-third space from its base to caudal 

 (under one-third space from its base to caudal in M. a7itarcticvs) . 



MUSTELUS ANTARCTICUS Giinther 



Mustelus (iniarctkus Gunther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 387, 1870 

 (type locality: New South Wales, Tasmania, New Zealand, Antarctic Ex- 

 pedition). — Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 1, p. 216, 

 1872 (Hobsons Bay). — Hectoe, Colonial Mus. Governm. Surv. Dept. (Fishes 

 New Zealand), p. 76, pi. 12, fig. 123, 1872.— Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. 

 Soc. Victoria, vol. 2, p. 88, 1873 (Melbourne). — Hector, Handb. New Zea- 

 land, p. 16, 1879.— Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 96, 

 1880 (Port Jackson). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 6, 

 p. 356, 1882 (Tasmania, Port Phillip, Port Jackson). — Parker, Trans. New 

 Zealand Inst., vol. 15, p. 219, pi. 30, 1882.— McCoy, Prodromus Zool. Vic- 

 toria, dec. 9, pi. 87, 1884.— Ogilby, Cat. Fishes Australian Mus., pt. 1, p. 4, 

 1888 (Port Jackson, Broken Bay; Launceston, Tasmania) ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New South Wales, ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 1770, 1888 (New South Wales).— Parker, 

 Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. 22, p. 331, pi. 19, 1889.— LtroAS, Proc. Roy. 

 Soc. Victoria, new ser., vol. 2, p. 43, 1890 (passim). — Waite, Prelim. Rep. 

 Thetis Exped., p. 38, 1898 (east to Newcastle Bight, New South Wales) ; 

 Rec. Canterburr Mus., vol. 1, No. 1, p. 7, 1907 (reference) ; No. 2, p. 10, 

 pi. 14, fig. 2, 1909 (New Zealand coast in 10 to 105 fathoms).— McCulloch, 

 Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 7, p. 315, pi. 90, fig. 3, 1909 (Manly).— Ogu^t, 

 Commerc. Fish. Fisher. Queensland, p. 46, 1915 (Moreton Bay) ; Mem. 

 Queensland Mus., vol. 5, p. 78, 1916 (Southport, Moreton Bay, Brisbane 

 River, Great Sandy Strait ) .—Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., vol. 

 2, Apr. 23, p. 14, fig. 13, 1921.— McCtriiocH and Whitley, Mem. Queensland 

 Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 128, 1925 (reference).— McCulloch, Fishes of New 

 South Wales, ed. 2, p. 6. pi. 1, fig. 13a, 1927.— Fowler, Proc. 4th (1929) Pa- 

 cific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 489, 1930 (reference). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland 

 Mus. vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 199, 1934 (reference). 



