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edge of first dorsal; low lateral postventral keel; supracaudal lobe 

 slightly more produced than subcaudal, latter with trace of lobe. 



Above olive-buff, disk edges, pectoral and ventral edges, caudal 

 lobe and liind body keels white, like under surface of body. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Natal, South Africa, Reunion, Madagascar, India, 

 Philippines. Also in the tropical Atlantic. 



1 example. A.N.S.P. Durban beach, Natal. H. W. Bell Marley. Length, 734 

 mm. 



PRISTIS ZIJSRON Bleeker 



Pristis zijsron Bleekek, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 2, p. (417) 442, 

 1S51 (type locality: Baudjermassing, Borneo, in rivers); vol. 3, p. (409) 

 441, 1852 (Bandjermassing). — Whitley, Australian Mus. Mag., vol. 3, pt. 

 1, p. 21, 4 figs., 1927; Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 15, p. 289, 1927 (Manly; 

 Paramatta River). 



Pristis zysron Bleekee, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Plagiost.), vol. 24, p. 55, 1852 

 (Bandjei-massing) ; Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerl., vol. 2, No. 7, p. 9, 1859 (Am- 

 boina ) .— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 438, 1870 (Ceylon). — 

 Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 729, pi. 91, fig. 2, 1878.— Macleay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 306, 1880 (Moreton Bay) ; vol. 6, p. 370, 

 1881 (Moreton Bay) ; Ogilby, Cat. Fishes Australian Mus., pt. 1, p. 13, 1888 

 (Moreton Bay, Lake Macquarie, Queensland, Maryborough). — Day, Fauna 

 British India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 38, 18S9 (Mekran and Sind coast). — We:ber, 

 Zool. Ergebn. Reise Niederland. Ost ludien, p. 458, 1894 (Borneo, Java and 

 Ternate, fresh water). — Volz, Rev. Suisse Zool., vol. 12, p. 484, 1904 (Sakaran- 

 da. Sumatra). — Fowlee, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1905, p. 459 

 (Baram, Borneo). — Volz, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 66, p. 239, 

 1907 (Padang and Langhat).— Stead, Fishes of Australia, p. 233, 1908 (New 

 South Wales, Queensland).— Annandale, Mem. Indian Mus., vol. 2„ p. 8, 

 1909 (India).— Gaeman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 262, 1913 (India, 

 East Indies, Ceylon, Borneo, Amboiua). — Zugmayek, Abb. Bayer. Akad. 

 Wiss., math.-phys. Kl., vol. 26, p. 8 (Mekran), p. 17, 1913 (Gwadar).— 

 Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mu.s., vol. 5, p. 83, 1916 (Queensland coast). — 

 McCxiLLOcH and Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 129, 1925 

 (reference). — McCulloch, Fishes of New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 10, pi. 2, fig. 

 28a, 1927.— FowLEB, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 498, 1930 

 (East Indies). — CHE^^Y, Inst. Oc^anogr. Indochine, 19^ note, p. 7, 1932 

 (Cochin China; Camboge). 



Pristis zisron Tikant, Service Oc^anogr. Peches ludo-Chine, 6* note, p. 71, 1929 

 (Cochin China). 



Pristis duMiis Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Plagiost.), vol. 24, p. 56, pi. 4, 

 fig. 11, 1852 (type locality: East Indies) ; Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, 

 vol. 5, p. 459, 1853 (Bandjermasing; Batavia) ; vol. 8, p. 393, 1855 (Amboina). 



Rostrum long, teeth 23 to 27 on left side, 23 to 28 on right side 

 (usually 26). Eye 2% to 3l^ in interorbital. Nostrils and spi- 

 racles inclined moderately. Shagreen denticles along median keels of 

 back, anterior margins of dorsals and caudal above, pectorals, ven- 

 trals and along lateral keel of side of tail after ventrals, enlarged. 

 Keel after first dorsal obsolete after % of space to second dorsal. 



