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Eulamia irachyura Fowleh, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 491, 



1930 (part). 

 Oaleolamnoides hrachyurus Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, 



p. 198, 1934 (reference). 

 Eulamia macrura (not Ramsay and Ogilby) Fowleb, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific 



Sci. Congr., Java, p. 493, 1930 (reference). 



Snout rather pointed, of moderate length ; preoral more than snout 

 length or about % its width; upper teeth oblique, serrated on both 

 edges, with deep notch on outer margin; lower teeth narrow, erect, 

 lanceolate, serrated, on wide 2-rooted base; nostrils much nearer 

 mouth than snout end or nearer latter than mouth angle. Gill open- 

 ings at least twice wide as eye. 



First dorsal nearer pectorals than ventrals, distance from pectorals 

 but little less than its base length; second dorsal very small, shorter 

 and lower than anal; anal origin opposite second dorsal origin and 

 midway between ventral and caudal; caudal 4 in total; pectoral nar- 

 row, pointed, falciform, length of inner edge 14 of outer. 



Coloration uniform. Length 2,360 mm. (Giinther.) 



New Zealand. 



EULAMIA MACRURA (Ramsay and Ogilby) 



Carcharias macrurns Ramsay and Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 ser. 2, vol. 2, pt. 1, pp. 163, 1024, 1887 (type locality: Port Jackson, New 

 South Wales). — Ogilby, Cat. Fishes Australian Mus., pt. 1, p. 2, 1888 (type; 

 Port Jackson) ; Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 1768, 

 1888 (Port Jackson, Broken and Botany Bays). 



Carcharhinus macrurus McCuixoch, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 46, 

 pt. 4, p. 457, pi. 37, figs. 1-4, 1921 (type; Botany Bay; Port Jackson). — 

 Whitley, Australian Zool., vol. 5, p. 354, 1929 (note). 



Galeolamnoides macrurus Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 10, pt. 4, p. 198, 

 1934 (reference) ; Australian Zoologist, vol. 8, pt. 4, p. 214, pi. 13, fig. 1, 

 1937 (Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs). 



Carcharias hrachyurus (part) GIjnther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 369, 

 1870 (Australian specimen). — Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. 5, p. 96, 1880 (Port Jackson). — Maclel\y, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 6, p. 352, 1881 (not description). — Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. New 

 South Wales, ser. 2, vol. 8, p. 1768, 1889 (note).— Waite, Mem. New South 

 Wales Nat. Club, No. 2, p. 7, 1904 ; Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 6, pt. 3, p. 226, 

 pi. 39, 1906 (Lake Macquarie).— Stead, Fishes of Australia, p. 232, 1908. 



Carcharinus btachyurus Gasman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 128, 1913 

 (Australia; not New Zealand). — Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., vol. 2, 

 p. 12, fig. 8, 1921. 



Carcharhinus brachyurus McCulloch, Cat. Fish. New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 5, 

 pi. 1, 1927. 



Eulamia hrachyura Fowleb, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 491, 

 1930 (New South Wales; not New Zealand). 



Depth 514 to 6% to subcaudal origin; head 3% to 3%, width 

 1% to 1%, Snout 21/4 to 21/^ in head, rather broadly convex in 

 profile as seen from above; eye 7 to 8, 3% to 4 in snout, 4% to 5 in 



