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ECHIDNA CATENATx\, {Bloch) BleeJcer. 



Gymnoihorax catenatus, Bloch, Ichth. sii, 1797, G9, taf. ccccxv. 



Murcvna catenata, Richardson, Voyage H. M. S. S. Erebus & Terror, Ichth. 1846, 95. — 



GuNTiiER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. viii, 1870, 131. . 

 PocdlopJds catenatus, Kaup, Cat. Apod. Fish. Brit. Mus. 1856, 100. 

 i"c7ii(?)mmfe«a<a, Bleeker, Ned. Tyds. Diei"k. ii, 242. 



Dr. Kaup (1. c. sup.) gives Bermuda as a locality for this species; it 

 also occurs at many of the West ludia Islands, at Trioidad, and ou the 

 coast of Dutch Guiaua at Surinam. 



The names Sting Ray and White Ray would indicate the occurrence 

 of one or more species of this order. JEiohatis narinari (Euphrasen) 

 Miill. & Henle is likely to occur here. 



LAMNID^. 



Mr. Jones records a specimen nearly eight feet long taken in March, 

 1850, which he believes to be the Lamna punctata figured by DeKay.* 



SPHYENID^. 



The Hammer-head Shark known to the fishermen is probably the 

 Sphyrna zygcena (Linne) Miiller & Henle. 



SOYLLIID^. 



The large Shark confined in the Devil's Hole is probably Ginglymo- 

 stoma cirratum (Gmelin) Miill. »& Henle. 



GALEOEHINID^. 



MUSTELUS CANIS, {Mitcli.) BeKay. 

 Nurse Shark. 



Squalus cants, Mitcuill, Trans. Lit. aud Phil. Soc. N. Y., 1, 486, pi. Ixiv, f. 209. 



Mustelus canis, DeKay, Zool. N. Y. Fisli, 1842, 355, i^l. Ixiv, f. 209. — Storer, Syn. Fish. 

 N. Am. 253. — Bahsd, Fishes New Jersey Coast, 39, 1854 ; Eep. U. S. Com. Fish, 

 1871, 827.— Gill, Cat. Fishes E. Coast N Am. 59 ; and in Baird's Rep. U. S. 

 Com. Fish, 1871, 813.— Poey, Rep. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, ii, 453. 



Common. My specimen measured three feet, and one of the oviducts 

 contained a young one eight inches long. It agrees exactly with speci- 

 mens of Mustelus canis from Wood's Hole, Mass. 



The Nurse is considered excellent food ; after it has been boiled until 

 tender, and then fried in its own fat. The sharks are rarely eaten, how- 

 ever, except by the negroes. 



* Zoology of New York, Fish, 352, pi. Ixiii, f. 206-207. 



