FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 217 



U.S.N.M. no. 40014. Richmond River, New South Wales. Australian Museum. 

 Length, 450 mm. 



SPHYRNA ZYGAENA (Linnaeus) 



Squalus zygaena Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 234, 1758 (type locality: 

 Europe; America) ; ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 399, 1766. — Foeskal, Descript. Animal., 

 p. 10 (Arabia), p. 18, 1775 (Malta). — Bloch, Naturg. ausland. Fische, vol. 

 1, p. 29, pi. 117, 1785 (Smirna).— Gmeun, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, p. 1494, 

 1789 (Atlantic, Mediterranean, American and Indian Seas). — Waisaum, 

 Artedi Pise, vol. 3, p. 508, 1792 (copied).— Forsteb, Fauna Indica, p. 13, 

 1795.— Lacep^de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 1, p. 257, 1798 (all the seas).— 

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

 p. 131, 1801 (Indian, American, and Mediterranean Seas). — Shaw, General 

 zoology, vol. 5, p. 354, pi. 154, 1804.— Cuvier, Regne animal, vol. 2, p. 127, 1817 

 (our seas). 



Squalus zygena Bonnateeke, Tabl. Encyclop. Ichth., p. 9, pi. 6, fig. 15, 1788 

 (Atlantic and Mediterranean). 



Sphyrna zygaena Rafinesque, Indice itt. siciliana, p. 46 (p. 19 in appendix), 

 1810 (Sicily). — Muixer and Henle, Syst. Beschr. Plagiostomen, p. 51, 1941 

 (Mediterranean, France, Brazil, Indies). — Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, 

 p. 194, 1816 (China Seas, Canton). — Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 

 18, p. 1383, 1849 (Pinang, Singapore, Malay Peninsula). — Bleekeb, Verh. 

 Batav. Genootsch. (Plagiost.), vol. 24, p. 42, pi. 3, fig. 8, 1852 (Batavia, 

 Samarang, Surabaja, Kammal) ; (Bengal), vol. 25, p. 9, 1853 (on Koma 

 sorra Russell, Fishes of Coromandel, vol. 1, p. 8, pi. 12, 1803, Vizagapatam) ; 

 (Japan), vol. 25, p. 22, 1853 (Nagasaki, China, East Indies, Malacca, 

 India, Australia) ; Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 7, p. 314, 1854 

 (Anjer) ; Act. Soc. Sci. Ind.-N6erl., vol. 1, no. 5, p. 8, 1856 (Amboina) ; vol. 

 3, no. 3, p. 7, 1858 (Japan).— Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876, 

 p. 853 (Moreton Bay); 1880, p. 926 (Ningpo).— Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New South Wales, ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 1769, 1888 (East and southeast coasts; 

 Tasmania). — Jordan and Snyder, Ajinot. Zool. Japon, vol. 3, pp. 39, 127, 

 1901 (Nagasaki). — Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, p. 

 316, 1902 (Formosa).— Jordan and Fowler, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol, 26, 

 p. 618, 1903 (Nagasaki, Misaki, Wakanoura).— Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish 

 Comm., vol. 22 (1902), p. 420, 1904 (Honolulu).— Fowiee, Journ. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 499, 1904 (Padang).— Jordan and 

 Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 23 (1903), p. 41, 1905 (Honolulu).— 

 Jordan and Seale, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci., vol. 10, p. 1, 1905 (Hong 

 Kong) ; Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25 (1905), p. 183, 1906 (Apia, Samoa) ; vol. 

 26, 1906, p. 3, 1907 (Cavite).— Stead, Fishes of Australia, p. 232, 1908.— 

 FowLEB, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1908, p. 66 (Padang material). — 

 Pietschmann, Sitz.-Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 117, pt. 1, 

 p. 676, 1908 (Japan).— Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, p. 401, 1912 

 (Tokyo).— Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, p. 587, 1912 

 (Batavia). — Izitka and Matsuura, Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Mus., Vertebrata, 

 p. 189, 1920 (Ugo).— Waitb, Rec. South Australian Mus., vol. 2, p. 14, fig. 14, 

 1921.— Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 9, p. 318, 1922 (Natal).— 

 Phiixipps, New Zealand Journ. Sci. Techn., vol. 6, p. 262, figs. &-6a, 1924 

 (Paihia, Bay of Islands). — Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 

 10, p. 101, 1925 (Misaki, Shizuoka, Osaka markets).— McCulloch, Fishes 

 New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 6, pi. 1, fig. 14a, 1927.— Fowler, Mem. Bishop 

 Mus., vol. 10, p. 22, 1928 (Honolulu; Fanning Islands). — Mori, Journ. Pan 

 Pacific Res. Inst, vol. 3, No. 3, p. 3, 1928 (Jensen and Mokpo, Korea). — 



