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1. CARCHARIVS. 3g5 



Carcharias glaucus, Cuv. Rtfjne An.; Flcm. Brit. An. p. 107- Yar- 

 rell, lint. Fish. 2nd ed. ii. p. 498, or, 3rd edit. ii. p. 482': Gay, 

 Hist. Chile, Zool. ii. p. 304. 

 Squalus (Carcharinus) cferuleiis, Blainv. Faun. Fr. i. p. 90. 



( ) glaucus, Blainv. I. c. p. 92, pi. 23. 



Carcliarias (Prionodon) glaucus, Mull. ^- Hmle, p. 30, pi. 11 ■ T)u- 

 m&nl, Elasmohr. p. 353; Bocage cV Capelh, Peix. riaijLst. p.']7. 



( ) hiruiuliiiaceus, ( Val.) Dumerll, I. c. p. 354. 



Snout very long, nostrils rather nearer to the mouth than to the 

 extremity of the snout. No labial fold, except a groove at the 

 angle of the mouth. Teeth of the upper jaw oblique, scarcely con- 

 stricted near the base ; lower teeth slender, triangular in young ex- 

 amples, lanceolate, with a broad base, in old ones *. Pectoral fin 

 long, falciform, extending to the dorsal, which is nearer to the ven- 

 trals than to the root of the pectorals. Tail and caudal fin slender. 



Tropical and temperate seas. 

 a. Stuffed, 11 feet long. English coast. 

 h. Young. Mediterranean. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



c. Young. St. Helena. Presented by J. C. Melliss, Esq. 



d. Young. Pondicherry. 



e,f, g. Numerous foetus. Port Arthur (Australia). 



h. Stuffed, 4 feet long. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 i. Young. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 km. Jaws of very large examples. 



15. Carcharias munsing. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) munsing, BleeJ:. Vcrh. Bat. Gen. xxiv Plan 

 p. 32, pi. 1. fig. 2 (head). ■'' 



Snout moderately produced, the distance between the mouth and 

 extremity of the snout being nearly equal to the width of the mouth. 

 No labial fold, except a groove at the angle of the mouth. Teeth of 

 the upper jaw scarcely oblique, triangular, serrated; lower teeth 

 slender, lanceolate, not serrated, with a broad base. Pectoral fins 

 shorter than the head, longer than broad, scarcely emarginate. Dorsal 

 fin nearer to the ventrals than to the root of the pectorals. (Blh- ) 



Madura. ^ '^ 



Known from two examples, about 15 inches long. 



in. Carcharias porosus. 



? ('areliarias fissidens, Benn. Proc. Conun. Zuol. Soc. 18.'50, p. 148. 

 Carcharias (Prionodon) porosus, Banzanl, Nov. Comm. Ac. Sc. Bonon 



iv. 1840, p. 70, tab. 9; Dumerll, Flasnwhr. p. 373. 

 ( ) henlei, Midi. ^- IL-nle, p. 4('., pi. 19. fig. G (teeth). 



* In very young examples the dentition is that of Sroliodon ; then a few den- 

 ticnlations appear at tlie base. The serraliire is must perfect in the upper atid 

 lower teeth in examples of a length of about 4 feot, in wliich the lower teeth 

 form a nearly regular narrow triangle. In old examples tlie serniture is lost 

 again, espeeially in the lower jaw, in wliich the teeth are very narrow, erect, or 

 slightly oblique, standin upon a broad base. 



