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margin almost parallel to body, alike on all parts of body. These 

 scales somewhat resemble a claw, but not curved or pointed. 



Brown with hinder angles of dorsal, ventrals, hind margin of 

 pectorals and ventral surface whitish. No spots evident on any 

 part of body. 



Length, 247 mm. (Rivero.) 



Tasmania. Said to diifer from Squalus acanthias in the long 

 orbit, long snout, dermal denticles, median upper teeth and colora- 

 tion. Said to differ from other species in the median upper teeth 

 and pattern of the dermal denticles. 



SQUALUS WHITLEYI Phillipps 



Squalus ivMtleyi Phillipps, New Zealand Journ. Sci. Techn., vol. 12, No. 6, 

 p. 361, 1931 (on McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Victoria, vol. 1, dec. 8, pi. 75, 18S6, 

 type locality: Hobsou's Bay). — Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, 

 pt. 4, p. 199, 1934 (reference). 



Noticed by Phillipps: "For the species without labial folds de- 

 scribed by McCoy I propose the name Squalus lohitJeyV 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



ff\ Squalus. Nostrils without barbel. 



&\ First dorsal inserted well behind pectoral base, over or behind depressed 

 pectoral ; nasal valve not distinctly bilobate. 

 c\ First dorsal spine behind and remote from inner pectoral angle. 



acanthias 

 c^. First dorsal spine opposite or little behind inner pectoral angle. 



suckleyi 

 v. First dorsal inserted close behind pectoral base, well before inner pectoral 



angle; nasal valve distinctly bilobed fernandinus 



a*. CiRRHiGALEUs. Eacli nostril with barbel long as eye ; first dorsal origin over 

 inner pectoral angle barbifer 



Subgenus Squalus Linnaeus 



SQUALUS ACANTHLA.S Linnaeus 



Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 233, 1758 (type lo- 

 cality: European Ocean) ; ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 397, 1766.— Bon nateree. Tableau 

 Encyclop. Ichth., p. 11, pi. 5, fig. 11, 1788 (Atlantic).— Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 

 Linn., vol. 1, p. 1500, 1789 (orani mari). — Walbaum, Artedi Pise, vol. 3, p. 

 505, 1792 (copied).— Forster, Fauna Indica, p. 13, 1795.— Blumenbach, 

 Handb. Naturg.. p. 257, 1799.— Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 135, 1801 

 (omni mari). — Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 192, pi. 14, figs. 

 1-4, pi. 43, figs. 9-10, pi. 59, figs. 1-2, 1913 (France and New England).— 

 Thompson, Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, No. 2, p. 149, 1914.— Nob- 

 man, Discovery Rep., vol. 12, p. 37, 1935 (lat. 33° 53' S., long. 17° 38' E., 

 in 310 m.). — Fowler, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 70, pt. 1, p. 69, figs. 

 19-20, 1936 (middle Atlantic States). 



Acanthias vulgaris Gray, List fish British Museum, p. 70, 1851 (Cape Seas). — 

 Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 21, pp. 50, 58, 79, 1860 (Cape 

 of Good Hope). — Guichenot, Notes ile Reunion, vol. 2, p. 30, 1863. — 



