no. PRISTIOPHORCS. 43 



between the tcntaclcsand the angles of the mouth. About 41 sets 

 ot teeth in the upper law. 

 ITah. ? 



a. Thirteen inches long. Presented by H. A. Crozier, Esq. 



4. Pristiophorus japonicus. 



Pristioplionis cirratu., Hchhy. Faun. Japan. Pa{.,g. p. .305 nl 1.37 • 

 MM. Ichth. ay« p.:il7(part.); W. Verh^BatfFlf^,( 

 N. Aa/cz. Japan, p. 128 (not Latham). 



Teeth of the saw very unequal in length, there being from tbr.e 

 to f vo smaller ones between two larger. Scales minute, with a sin-^le 

 keel and projecting point. Dorsal and pectoral fins nearly entirely 

 scaly, only a narrow marginal strip being naked. Tlio distance be- 

 tween the tentacle and nostril is nearly equal to that between the 

 nostril .and the first gill-opening. From 52 to 58 sets of t rthhithe 

 upper jaw, i-miLut, 



Japan. 

 ah Stuffed, 4| feet long. .Japan. Purchased of Mr. Whit ^ly 



'"; Vr ,>'''°^^"- '^'^P'''"- I'l'rcliased of Mr. Jamrach 

 </. Half-grown. Japan. 



VOL. vin. 



