32 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Zygaena zigaena Nobre, 1935, p. 425. (Portugal; identification by description 

 of head.) 



Specimens examined. — (Range in size: 457-2,663 mm. TL). At- 

 lantic Ocean (including Mediterranean Sea): Azores: USNM 94502 

 (1), Terceira. Brazil: AICZ 451 (1), MCZ 35364-35365 (2), Rio de 

 Janeiro. Italy: USNM 28452 (1), Livorno; ANSP 604 (1), (no 

 further data). United States (Florida): UMML 5639 (head), off 

 Alligator Reef, Monroe Co.; UMML 10444 (1), off North Miami, 

 Dade Co. (in Gulf Stream). (Massachusetts): USNM 10418 (1), 

 USNM 83980 (1), Woods Hole; MCZ 36425 (1), USNM 33268 (1), 

 Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole; USNM 31527 (1), Stuart's Pond, Buz- 

 zards Bay; MCZ 1159 (1), Nahant; MCZ 1416 (1), Cape Cod. (Mary- 



iAi^dM^^y:h^^^i,^:i£:i£S^^3,^ 



Figure 8. — Sphyrna zygaena: a, juvenile female, 687 mm. TL, from Nahant, Mass. (MCZ 

 1159); b, upper and lower teeth, left side, about 1.7 X; c, second upper tooth; d, ninth 

 upper tooth; e, third lower tooth; /, ninth lower tooth, {c-f, about 3.8 X.) (From | 

 Bigelow and Schroeder, 1948, p. 437.) 



land): USNM 76681-76683 (3), Ocean City. (New Jersey): USNM 

 93845 (3), USNM 120495 (11), Barnegat Bay, Seaside Park; ANSP 

 522 (1), Holly Beach. (New York): CAS 19189 (1), Graves End 

 Bay; USNM 116447 (5), Sandy Hook; UMMZ 115903 (1), Long 

 Island; MCZ 136 (2), no further data. (Virginia): USNM 119699 

 (1), off Virginia Beach; USNM 6090 (1), Norfolk. 



Pacific Ocean: Australia: USNM 29020 (head), USNM 39992 (1), 

 Sydney (Port Jackson). Ecuador: USNM 127758 (head). Gulf of 

 Guayaquil, 81°13' W., 4°13' S.; MCZ 383 (1), Galapagos Islands. 

 Japan: USNM 23383 (stuffed skin), USNM 71779 (1), Tokyo market; 



