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CALLORHINCHUS CAPENSIS Dumeril 



Callorynchus capcnsis Dumeril, Hist. Nat. Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 095, pi. 13, 

 figs. 5-5a, 1865 (type locality: Cape of Good Hope). — Garman, Mem. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., vol. 40, p. 99, 1911 (Cape of Good Hope). — Fowuii, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 70, pt. 2, p. 1150, fig. 489, 1936 (compiled). 



CaUorhynchus capensis Gijnther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 351, 1870 

 (Cape of Good Hope). — Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 1, 

 p. 96, 1925 (west coast from Walfish Bay south to Agulhas Bay, to 50 

 fathoms). 



CaUorhynchus antarcticns (not Lay and Bennett) BLEEKiai, Nat. Tijdschr. 

 Nederland. Indie, vol. 21, p. (50, 57) 78, 1860 (Cape of Good Hope).— 

 DUMrfiRiL, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Elasmobr., vol. 1, p. 693, pi. 13 (head), 1865 

 (Cape of Good Hope). — Gunther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 8, p. 351, 

 1870 (Cape of Good Hope). — Regan, Ann. Natal Gov. Mus., vol. 1, p. 242, 

 1908 (Bird Island). — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 290, 1917 (references). 



Depth 5^ to subcaudal origin; head Si/o. Snout 1% in head; eye 

 5%, 3% in snout; palatine i^late with 2 narrow longitudinal tritors, 

 mandibular plate with slightly broader median tritor which anteri- 

 orly acute ; interorbital low. 



Lateral line rather uniformly irregular, waves moderate and sim- 

 ilar. 



Dorsal spine inserted nearly eye diameter before pectoral origin, 

 1% in head, front and hind edges serrated; second dorsal inserted 

 above hind part of ventral base, front fin edge 214 in head, or 21/4 

 in its base; anal begins before hind dorsal end, length 2iV in head; 

 caudal 2% in rest of body, front subcaudal edge 4 in head; ventral 

 2; pectoral reaches about 14 in ventral, 2% in length to subcaudal 

 origin, width 314 its length. 



Silvery, back and fins dark brown. Dorsal spine, dental plates 

 and hooks on tenacula greenish. Pupil emerald green, iris like body. 

 Female to 960 mm., male 740 mm. (Barnard.) 



South Africa, to 50 fathoms. 



CALLORHINCHUS CALLORYNCHUS (Linnaeus) 



Chimaera callorynchus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 236, 1758 (type 

 locality: "In Mari Aethiopico") ; ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 402, 1766 (copied). — 

 BoNNATEERE, Tableau encyclop. Ichth., p. 14, 1788 (Chile). — Walbaum, Arte- 

 di Pise, vol. 3, p. 589, 1792 (copied). 



Chimaera CaUorhynchus Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, p. 1489, 1789 (Aethio- 

 pian Sea; Chile; not New Holland).— Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 350, 

 1801 (Mari Aethiopico; Chile). 



Chimaera caUorhinchus LACEPi:DE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 1, p. 401, pi. 12, fig. 2, 

 1798 (Chile; not New Holland). 



Callorynchus calloryiichus Mensch, Mus. Gronow, p. 19, 1778 (reference). — 

 Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 40, p. 98, 1911 (off southern South 

 America).— FoMT.EE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1926, p. 277 (Chile). 



