358 CARCHAEIIDJE, 



Syno^isis of the Species, 



a. Length of the anal nearly equal to its distance from the ventrals. 



1. laticaudus, 



b. Length of tlie anal much less than its distance from the ventrals. 



X. Labial groove none on the upper jaw. 



aa. Length of the snout nearly equal to the distance of the eye 



from the gill-opening 2. acutus. 



hb. Length of the snout nearly equal to the distance of the eye 



from the pectoral 3, dumenlii. 



/3. A short labial groove on the upper jaw. Distance between the 

 outer angles of the nostrils : — 

 aa. equal to that of the nostril from the extremity of the snout. 



4. loalheehmii. 

 bb. much more than that of the nostril from the extremity of 

 the snout 5. terrce novce. 



1. Carcharias laticaudus. 



Carcharias (Seoliodon) laticaudus, Miill. ^ Jlenle, p. 28, pi. 8 ; Du- 



mfril, Elasmubr. p. 343. 

 ( ) macrorhynchus, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Plagiost. 



p. 31, pi. 1. fig. 1 ; Dumeril, I. c. 



Pectoral fin with the posterior margin nearly straight, the upper 

 angle being nearly a right one ; it terminates at some distance from 

 the origin of the dorsal fin. The length of the base of the anal fin 

 is equal to or but little less than its distance from the ventral ; its 

 pointed terminal lobe terminates at a distance from the root of the 

 caudal fin. Terminal caudal lobe obliquely truncated. A very 

 short labial groove at the angle of the mouth, not extending on the 

 upper jaw, and for a very short distance only on the lower. Length 

 of the snout (from the front margin of the mouth) equal to, or a 

 little more than, the distance of the eye from the gill-opening. 

 Pectoral fins black. 



East Indies ; China and Japan. 

 a-l>. Young. Bengal. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



c. Adult (18 inches). East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Blecker's 



Collection. — Type of C. macrorhtjnchus. 



d. e-f. Half-growu and young. China. 



cf, h. Several half-grown examples. Amoy. From Consul Swinhoc's 



Collection. 

 ;'. Adidt. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 

 /i-, I. Adidt and young. 



2. Carcharias acutus. 



Carcharias acutus, liUpp. N. TV. Finche, p. 05, pi. 18. fig. 4. 



Squalus russellii, Graij, III. Ind. Zool. 



Carcharias (Seoliodon) acutus, 3Iidl. ^- Henle, p. 29; Caiit. Mai. 



Fish. p. 399 ; Blevlc. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Blag. p. 30 ; Lumhil, 



Blasmvbr. p. 345. 



Pectoral fin with the posterior margin slightly concave and the 

 upper angle pointed, exiending to, or somewhat beyond, the origin 



