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Kite, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Dr. Alan Lewis, Uni- 

 versity of British Columbia; Mr. Richard Shomura, Bureau of Com- 

 mercial Fisheries; Dr. Marta Vannucci, University of Sao Paulo; and 

 Miss Leonie Joubert, University of Natal, who sent a number of 

 collections from sharks caught near Durban, South Africa, that I have 

 included in this paper. 



I would like to acknowledge the support of the National Science 

 Foundation-U.S. Program in Biology for the field portion of this work. 



All material has been deposited in the U.S. National Museum. 



Family Pandaridae Milne-Edwards, 1840 



Pandarus cranchii Leach, 1819 



Collections: From 22 specimens of Carcharinus longimanus (Poey) 

 at stations 108, 109, 113, 118, 139, 141, 144, 147, 289, 291, 293, 295, 

 297, 298, 323, 326, 411, 415, 417, and 418; from 1 specimen of the same 

 host off Durban, South Africa; from 4 specimens of Carcharinus 

 floridanus (Bigelow and Schroeder) at stations 111, 289, 293, and 326; 

 from 1 specimen oiAlopias milpinus at station 115; from 1 specimen of 

 Carcharodon carcharias from Durban. 



Habitat: Body surface and fins. 



Pandarus smithii Rathbun, 1886 



Collections: From 2 specimens of Alopias vulpinus (Bonneterre) 

 at stations 288 and 289; from 1 specimen of Isurus oxyrinchus Rafines- 

 que at station 282; from 1 specimen of Carcharinus floridanus at 

 station 144. 



Habitat: Body sm'face and fins. 



Pandarus satyrus Dana, 1852 



Collections: From 6 specimens of Prionace glauca (Linnaeus) at 

 stations 124, 292, 295, 306, 311, and 324. 

 Habitat: Body surface and fins. 



Pandarus carcharini Ho, 1963 



Collections: From 3 specimens of Carcharinus maculijnnnis (Poey) 

 from Nosy Be, Madagascar; from 2 specimens of Carcharinus leucas 

 (Valenciennes) from Nosy Be and 1 specimen of the same host from 

 Durban. 



Habitat: Body surface and fins. 



Pandarus niger Kirtesinghe, 1950 



Collections: From 10 specimens of Carcharinus species at stations 

 408 and 409; from 1 specimen of Carcharinus spallanzani (Boneparte) 

 at station 407. 



Habitat: Body surface and pectoral fins. 



