CAHCJIAHIID.E. 



1. CARCHARIAS. 



Cuvier, R^gne Anini. ii. p. 125 TIM 7) : Miill. & Hen^e, Plagiost. p. 27 (1841) : 

 A. Dum. Hist Poiss. i. p. 341 {ISC>'>); Giinth. (':it. Fisli. viii. p. 357 (1870). 



Mouth crcscentic ; teeth with a siiif^le sharp cusp. No spiracles. 

 First dorsal fin opposite to the space hetween pectorals and vcntrals ; 

 a ])it at the root of the tail. 



Temperate and tropical seas. One sj^ecies from the Zamhosi. 



1. CARCHARIAS Z.\MBE8EN8TS. 

 Carchainas (Pr'ionndmi) zamhezensis, Pofor^s, I\Ion. Borl. Ac 18.'»2. p. 27t'i. ainl 

 Reise Mossainh. iv. j). 7, )i!. i. W'S. 2 ( lSti<'>). 



Snout very short, with rounded horizontal outline. Anterior border 

 of mouth on a line with anterior border of e^e. Teeth ^, finely serrated, 

 upper triangular, with the outer border a little concave, lower much 

 narrower; a small, non-serrated median tooth. Two gill-openinji^s above 

 the pec'tornl. Anterior dors;il just Ix^hind base of" pectoral; second 



ri^'. 1. 



CnrcJiarias zaiuhesensis. 

 Tvpo, atlcr IVtors (lieise Mossainh.). \ 



dois;d a little anterior to, and of the same size as, anal, wliich is more 

 distant from vent than from caudal. Ventral a little nearer caudal than 

 ])ectornl. Caudal as long as distance from end of snout to dorsal. 

 Brownish grey, belly yellowisli wliite. 



Total length 760 millim. 



Zambesi, IHO miles from the coast. — Type in Hcrliu Mus<>um. 



