1. CARCHAHIAS. 37:5 



dorsal is smaller than the anal, only about one-sixth the size of the 

 first. The first dorsal commences at a very short distance behind 

 the root of the pectoral. Eyes small. GiU-openings rather narrow. 

 Mediterranean ; Atlantic. 



a-c. Stuff'ed, 6-7 feet long. 



</-(/. Stufl'ed, 20 inches long. 



h. Young : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 



/. A great number of jaws, the largest 12 inches wide. 



31 . Carcharias glyphis. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) giyphis, Miill. ^'- Henlv, p. 40, pi. 14. 



Snout short, rather obtuse, the distance between the mouth and 

 the extremity of the snout being equal to the distance between the 

 inner angles of the nostrils. Teeth of moderate size, |-|-, the upper 

 serrated, triangular, very slightly oblique. Lower teeth narrow, 

 with a two-rooted base, very finely serrated; those in front are suh- 

 cyVindrical, with a lanceolate point, chisel-shaped. Pectoral fin shorter 

 than in C. lamia. The first dorsal commences immediately behind 

 the base of the pectoral. The second dorsal rather larger than the 

 anal. Eyes small. (M. 4" H.) 



Habitat ? 



32. Carcharias limbatiis, 



ICarclmrias (Prionodon) limbatus, Midi. ^ Henlc, p. 49, taf. 19. fig. 9 

 (teeth) ; Dumeril, Elasmobr. p. 375. 

 Carcharias miorops, Laivc, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 38, 1843, p. 93 ; 

 Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. p. 18. 

 ? Prionodon cucuri, disteln. An. Am. Sud, Poiss. p. 99. 

 Isogomphodon macidipiuuis, Poei/, Repert. Fis.-nat. i. p. 191, tab. 4. 

 figs. 2 & 3, ii. p. 24.5, tab. 2. figs. 1-3. 

 Carcharias maculipinnis, Giinth. Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. j). 490. 

 (Prionodon) miilleri, Steindachner, Sitzgsbcr. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 

 1867, Ivi. p. 356. 

 Snout somewhat pointed in fioiit, rather jn'oduced, the distance 

 etweeu its extremity and the mouth being somewhat less than the 

 width of the moutli. Nostrils nearly midway between the extremity 

 of the snout and the mouth. Teeth ^r^, similar inform in both 

 jau's, namely erect, constricted, on a broad base, the upper more 

 distinctly serrated than the lower. Gill-openings wide, at least 

 twice as wide as the eye, which is small. Pectorals falciform, ex- 

 tending beyond the end of the dorsal, the length of their upper 

 margin being nearly four times that of the lower. First dorsal com- 

 mencing very dose behind the axil of the pectoral. Origins of the 

 second dorsal and anal opposite to each other, the bases of both being 

 nearly equally long. Caudal fin lung, with the upper edge slightly 

 undulated, its length being equal to the distance between the origins 

 of the two dorsal fins. The lower side of the extremity of the pec- 

 toral, and the extremities of the second dorsal and anal and of the 

 lower caudal lobe, black. 



