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SCYLLIID^. 



a. GlNGLYJIOSTOMA. 



1. Ginglymostoma cirratum. 



Gata, I'arra, p. 86, pi. 34. fig. 2. 



Squalu-s cirratus, G7n. L. i. p. 1402 ; Lacep. i. p. 245 ; Bl. Schn. 



p. 128. 



punctulatus, Lacep. ii. p. 120, pi. 4. fig. 3 ; Bl. Schn. p. 549. 



punctatus, Bl. Schn. p. 134. 



argus, Bancroft, Zool. Journ. v. p. 82. 



Ginglymostoma cirratima, Milller ^ Herile, p. 23 ; Diimeril, Elasniobr. 



p. 334. 

 fulviim, Boey, Mem. Cub. ii. 342, and Repert. Fis.-nat. Cub. 



1868, p. 4-55. 

 caboverdianus (sic), Capello, Jorn. Sc. Math. Phys. e Nat. 1867, 



p. 167, fig. 1. 



The nasal cirrhus reaches the lower lip. Angles of the dorsal, 

 anal, and pectoral fins obtusely rotmded. Length of the caudal fiu 

 one-third, and in young examples two-sevenths of the total length. 

 Uniform brownish ; young examples with scattered small, round 

 black spots. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic. 



a-h. Stuffed, 8 and 6 feet long. West Indies. 



c-g. Half-grown (28 inches) : stuffed. West Indies. 



h. Young. South America. Presented by Sii' R. Schomburgk. 



i, h-l. Half-grown. St. Croix. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 



m. Half-grown. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 n. Half-grown. 



2. Ginglymostoma miilleri. 



? Scyllium ferrugineum, Lesi<. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 95. 

 Ginglymostoma concolor, Milller &,• Henle, p. 22, pi. 6 (not Biipj).). 



The nasal cirrus reaches nearly to the labial margin. Angles of 

 the fins pointed ; the length of the caudal is about two-sevenths of 

 the total. Uniform brownish. {M. (^- H.) 



India. Attains to a length of 8i feet. 



3. Ginglymostoma brevicaudatum. 



Giinth. hi Fish. Zanz. p. 141, pi. 21. 



The nasal cirrus is very short, terminating at a great distance 

 from the labial margin. Fins short, with the angles obtusely rounded; 

 length of the caudal fin two-ninths of the total. Uniform dark 

 bro^wn, with minute black dots. 



Zanzibar ; Seychelles. 



a. Type of the species, stuffed, 25 inches long. From Lieut.-Col. 



Playfaii-'s Collection. 



b. Skull of a large example. Seychelles. Presented by Swinburne 



Ward, Esq. 



c. Jaws of a large example. 



