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Dalatias (Sottiniosus) tispinatus Gray, List fish British Mus., p. 77, 1851 (ref- 

 erence). 



Euprotomicrus hispinatus Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 2, p. 56, 1908 

 (Indo-Pacific).— Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 235, 1913 (In- 

 dian Ocean, Mauritius, New Zealand). — Phillipps, New Zealand Journ. 

 Sci. Techn., vol. 10, p. 224, fig. 5, 1928 (note).— Fowleb, Proc. 4th (1929) 

 Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 497, 1930 (reference). — Whitley, Mem. Queens- 

 land Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 200, 1934 (New Zealand). 



Scymnus mavritianus Qxjoy and Gaimard, Diet. Class. Hist. Nat., Atlas, vol. 11, 

 pi. 114, fig. 2, 1830 r Mauritius) ; vol. 27, pi. 114, fig. 2, 1831. 



Scymnus (Lacmargus) lahordii Mulleb and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, 

 p. 94, 1841 (type locality: Mauritius; Bourbon). 



Scymnus lahordii Waite, Rec. Canterbury Mus., vol. 1, p. 8, 1907. 



Laemargus lahordii DumjSril, Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 457, 1865 (Mauri- 

 tius). 



Euprotomicrus lahordii Gxjnther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 428, 1870 

 (no locality). — Boulengek, Rep. Coll. Southern Cross, p. 174, 1902 (Camp- 

 bell Island). 



Euprotomicrus lahordei Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 511, 1891 (ref- 

 erence). 



Euprotomicrus hyalinus R. S. Eigenmann, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 

 3, p. 35, 1891 (type locality: Between Honolulu and San Francisco). — 

 Gabman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p, 235, 1913 (copied). 



Depth 63/4 to siibcaudal origin; head 4i/4, width 1%. Snout 3 in 

 head; orbit 4%, 1% in snout, 1% in interorbital ; mouth width 2% in 

 head, slightly arched, deep groove at each angle; lower teeth 23, 

 curved, sharp, upper smaller and narrower; nostril about first % in 

 snout, oblique, valves broad, without point ; internarial equals nostril 

 or nearly 6 in preoral length, which l%o in head; interorbital 24^, 

 moderately high, convex. Gill openings small, first largest and 

 about equals pupil, others gradually smaller and last before pectoral 

 origin. Spiracle large as pupil, about % orbital length behind and 

 opposite upper eye edge. 



Scales small, quadrate, crown depressed medially. 



First dorsal inserted midway between snout tip and caudal base, 

 very small or long as orbit; second dorsal begins behind hind basal 

 ventral edge, fin length 1% in head ; caudal 5^5 in rest of body, sub- 

 caudal 114 in caudal length or 1% in head; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle nearly 3 in eye ; pectoral 1% in head, length 2I/3 its width, 

 reaches half way to first dorsal ; ventral 1% in head. 



Brown. Iris yellow. Dorsals and ventrals pale. Pectoral basally 

 blackish, broadly whitish terminally. Caudal dark brown largely, 

 hind edge of upper lobe moderately and subcaudal terminally 

 broadly pale to whitish. Length, 168 mm. (Quoy and Gaimard.) 



Mauritius, Bourbon, Campbell Island, New Zealand. Also in the 

 eastern Pacific as Ewprotomici'us hyalmus. 



