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First dorsal origin above inner pectoral origin, front edge ll^ 

 in head; second dorsal length 4^3; anal length 3%, inserted behind 

 second dorsal base ; front edge of subcaudal 2I/2 in head ; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2% ; ventral length 1% ; pectoral 3% in body to 

 subcaudal origin; combined head and body to subcaudal origin I14 

 in caudal length. 



Dark slaty brown above to level of spiracle, below which con- 

 trasted with white of lower surface. Lower sides of pectoral and 

 space below gill openings dark slate-gray. 



Arabia, Natal, South Africa, Ceylon, Giina, Japan, Korea, Queens- 

 land, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, New 

 Zealand, Polynesia, Hawaii. Also in the Eastern Pacific in Cali- 

 fornia and Chile and in the Atlantic. It reaches 4,575 nun. (15 

 feet) in length. 



1 example. A.N.S.P. Newport, Rhode Island. J. C. Dunn. Length, 1245 mm. 



The two following nominal forms are included merely to complete 

 the record : 



ALOPIAS CAUDATUS Phillipps 



Alopias caudatus Phillipps, New Zealand Journ. Sei. Techn., vol. 13, p. 220, fig. 



1, 1932 (on McCoy). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 199, 



1934 (reference). 

 Alopecias vulpes (not Linnaeus) McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Victoria, vol. 1, dec. ix, 



pi. 88, 1885 ( type locality : Hastings, Victoria ) . 

 Alopias vulpinus (not Bonnaterre) Phillipps, Bibl. New Zealand Fishes, Fisher. 



Bull. 1, p. 8, 1927. 



The tail approximately equal in length to body as measured to its 

 base. Outer margin of pectoral almost straight. Caudal peduncle 

 deep, sometimes half body depth at dorsal origin. Length, 10 feet 



2 inches. (Phillipps.) 



North Auckland Peninsula, New Zealand, and Victoria, Australia. 

 Phillipps distinguishes this species chiefly by the long tail, equally as 

 long as the rest of the body. 



ALOPIAS GREYI Whitley 



Alopias greyi Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 22, p. 25, 1937 (type locality: 

 Off Bermagui, New South Wales). 



Differs in its greenish instead of slaty coloration, and the eyes 

 modified for backward vision, more advanced in Alopias vulpinus. 

 Length, 10 feet ; tail about half. 



Family GALEORHINIDAE 



Body elongated. Tail compressed. Head depressed. Snout de- 

 pressed, rounded to pointed as seen from above. Eyes lateral with 

 nictitating membranes. Mouth inferior, well arched. Nostrils be- 



