23. sTEGosroMA. 409 



i3. Nebhius. 



4. Ginglymostoma concolor. 



Nebrius concolor, Riipp. N. W. Fisch. p. 62, t<af. 17. fig. 2. 

 Ginglymostoma concolor, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 305. 



riippellii, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Flayiost. p. 91, or Nat. 



Tijds. Ned. Ind. iii. p. S'A; DumSril, Elasmohr.' ^. 334. 



The nasal cirrus reaches nearly to the lower lip. Angles of the 

 pectoral, dorsal, and anal fins pointed. Length of the caudal fin 

 about one-thii'd of the total. Uniform brownish. 



Red Sea ; Indian Ocean and archipelago. 



a. Adult (28 inches). Java. From Dr. Bleekcr's Collection. 

 6. Adult : stuffed. Pinang. From Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



23. STEGOSTOMA. 



Stegostoma, Miiller Sf Henle, p. 24. 

 Two dorsal fins, without spines ; the first above the ventrals, the 

 second in advance of the anal, which is very close to the caudal. 

 Tail, with caudal fin, exceedingly long, half of the total length. 

 Eyes very small, spiracle as wide as and situated behind the orbit. 

 Nasal and buccal cavities confluent. Snout very obtuse ; upper lip 

 very thick, like a pad, bent downwards over the moutli, with a free 

 cylindrical cirrus on each side. A well-developed labial fold round 

 the angle of the mouth. Teeth small, trilobed, in many series, oc- 

 cupying in both jaws a transverse flat subquadrangular pad. The 

 fourth and fif?th gill-openings close together. 



1. Stegostoma tigrinum. 



Si-ba, iii. p. lOo, tab. 34. fig. 1. 



Squalus, sp., Gronov. Mus. Ichth. i. p. 02, and Zoo2)hyl. p. 31. no. 



147. 

 Squalus tigrinus, Gm. L. i. p. 1493; Lucep. i. p. 249; Foist. Zoul. 



Ind. p. 24, pi. 13. fig. 2. 



longicaudus, Gm. L. i. p. 1496. 



fasciatus, Bl. tab. 113 ; Bl. Schn. p. 130. 



Zebra-Shark, Shaw, Nat. 3Iisc. pi. 434. 



PoUee makum, Bussell, Fish. Coram, i. pi. 18. 



Scyllium heptagonum, liiipp. N. W. Fisch. p. 61, pi. 17. fig. 1. 



Stegostoma fasciatum, 3Iiiller ^-IlodCf-p. 2.5, pi. 17 ; Cant. Mai. Fish. 



p. 396; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gcii. xxiv. iYw/. p. 23; Dumeril, Elas- 



mohr. p. 336; Gilnth. in Fish. Zanz. p. 140. 



carinatuui, Blijth, Journ. As. Sac. Beng. xvi. 1847, p. 725, 



pi. 25 h. tig. 1. 



Squalus cirrosus, Gronor. Sijst. ed. Gray, p. 6. 



Brownish yellow, with black or brown transverse bauds or stripes, 

 or with snuff-coloured rounded spots. 

 Indian Seas. 



a. Stuffed, 6 feet long. India. Presented by T. C. Jerdou, Esq. 

 h-d. Adult and half-grown : stuffed. India. 



