1. TRISTIS. 439 



(f-e. Stuffed, (> feet and 2| feet long. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 

 /. Saws of various adult and half-grown examples, the longest being 

 5 feet long. 



Mature : — 



5. Pristis cuspidatus. 



Pristis cuspidatus, Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc. 1794, ii. p. 27!), pi. 2G. 



fig. 3 (rostrum) ; Bl. Schn. p. 351 ; Miill. ^ Ilenle, p. 107; Dumeril, 



Elasmohr. p. 476. 

 seinisagittatus, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 407. 



Immature : — 



Yahla, Russell, i. p. 8, pi. 13. 



Pristis semisagittatus, Shaw, Zuol. v. 2. p. 361; Miill. t<f Henle, p. 108, 



pi. 60 (mouth) ; Cant. I. c. ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. I'/ay. 



p. 53 ; Dumeril, Elamiohr. p. 477 ; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 272. 



Dorsal fin situated entirely behind the root of the vcntrals. From 

 25 to 34 paii's of broad rostral teeth, which have a cutting edge in 

 front and behind, and in young specimens are provided with a more 

 or less distinct barb on the hinder edge {semis(«jittatus). The ros- 

 trum is toothless for a considerable distance from its base. Dorsal 

 fins equal in size, produced into a long pointed posterior lobe ; caudal 

 tin with a distinct lower lobe. 



East Indies. 



a. Stuffed, 4 feet long. Pinang. Fi'om Dr. Cantor's Collection. 



b. Stuffed, 4 feet long. India. Presented by T. E. Boileau, Esq. 



c. Stuffed, 4 feet long. India. 



d. e. Young. East-Indian archipelago. 

 f-i. Young : stuffed. 



k. nostrum of adult. Tenasserim. Presented by J. D. C. Pack- 

 man, Esq. 



h nostrum. From the Collection of Dr. van Lidth de Jeudc. 



m. Head of young : dried. Bengal. Presented by Ueneral Hard- 

 wicko. 



n-q. Saws of adult and half-grown specimens. 



