1. CARCHARIAS. 371 



somewhat narrower, erect. Pectoral fin falciform, extending to the 

 end of the dorsal. The first dorsal is only a little nearer to the root 

 of the pectoral than to that of the ventral. Second dorsal one- 

 third the size of the first. Extremities and outer manjin of all the 

 finx of a inu-e mil/n/ irhite. 

 Red Sea. 



27. Carcharias menisorrah. 



Oarcharias (Prionodon) menisorrah, Miill. i^- Ilmle, p. 46, pi. 17 ; 



Bleek. J'erli. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Plag. p. 35, pi. 1. fig. 3 ; Dumeril, 



Elusmohr. p. 3G9. 

 ( ) tjutjot, Bleek. I.e. p. .30, pi. 1. fig. 4; Dnmerii, I.e. 



p. 371. 



Snout obtusely rounded, rather produced, the distance between 

 its extremity and the mouth being somewhat less than the width of 

 the latter. Nostrils rather nearer to the extremity of the • snout 

 than to the mouth. Teeth p^, the upper oblique, distinctly ser- 

 rated, with a notch in the outer margin; the lower narrou', lan- 

 ceolate, not serrated, on a broad base. Gill-openings somewhat 

 wider than the orbit. Pectorals extending to the end of the dorsal, 

 the length of their upper margin being nearly thrice that of the 

 lower. First dorsal nearer to the base of the pectorals than to that 

 of the ventrals, its origin being opposite to the lower angle of the 

 pectoral. The second dorsal is, as regards size and form, similar, 

 and entirely opposite to the anal ; it is about one-third the size of 

 the first dorsal. Coloration uniform, fins with the margins wliitish. 



Indian Seas. 



a. Fine specimen. Moluccas. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 h. Type of C. tjutjot. Batavia. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 e. Stufted, 28 inches long. Moluccas. 

 d. Jaws of a large example (12 inches wide). 



28. Carcharias bomeensis. 



Oarcharias (Prionodon) borneeusis, Bleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. 

 V. Borneo, .\ii. p. 8. 



Rostro antice acutiuscule rotundato, rictus latitudiiie longiore, 

 parte prteorali rictus longitudine longiore ; uaribus rostri apici magis 

 quam angulo oris approximatis, oculo minoribus, valvula trigona 

 valde conspicua ; rictu valdc curvato latiore quam longo ; dontibus 

 maxilla superiorc oblique trigonis postrorsum spcctanti])us margine 

 anteriore leviter denticulatis, margine posteriore edentulis, sod ba.si 

 processu bi- ad tridentato munitis ; dentibus uiaxiUa inferiore basi 

 lata insertis oblique trigonis postrorsum spectantibus denticulis con- 

 spicuis nidi is, ol)lique basi lata non dentata insei-tis. Pinna dorsali 

 prima pcctoralibus magis quam ventralibus approximata ; dorsali 

 secunda magna parte posl pinnam analem sila, plus (juintuplo ejus 

 U)ngitudinis a pinna dorsali prima remota, basi longiore (piara antice 

 alta, dorsali ])rima tri]ilo circitci' liuniiliore. Pectoralibns li=cireiter 

 in longitudine capitis, latitndiue J^ circiter in earum longitudine, 



