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37. Carcharhinus caudatus ' De Kay. N. (27) 



38. Carcharhinus lamia^ Eisso. W. Eu. 



39. Carcharhinus lamiella Jordan &, Gilbert. C. (276.) 



§ Hypoprion Mtiller & Henle. (196) 



40. Carcharhinus breviroBtris 3 Poey. W. (28&.) 



§ Isogomphodon Gill. ^19) 



41. Carcharhinus limbatus Miiller & Henle. W. Ace. (28) 



§ Aprionodon Gill. 



42. Carcharhinus isodon ■• Miiller & Henle. W. Ace. (29) 



^ Scoliodon Miiller & Henle. (21) 



43. Carcharhinus longurio ^ Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



44. Carcharhinus terree-novee^ Richardson. N. S. W. (30) 



Family XI.— SPHYENID^. (8) 



23.— SPHYRNA Rafinesque. (22, 23) 

 $ Benicepa Gill. (22) 



45. Sphyrua tiburo Gill. S. W. (31) 



1 The name ccemleus is preoccupied in this genus by the Squalus {Carcharinus) coeru- 

 leu8 of Blainville, 1816, a synonym of Carcharhinus glaucua. The name nest in date 

 is that of Lamina caudaia De Kay, New York Fauna, Fishes, 1842, 354. 



^ Carcharhinus lamia. This species is described on page 873, in the Synopsis. It is 

 abundant in the Mediterranean and in the West Indies, ranging northward to the 

 Florida Keys, being common about the wharA-^es at Key West. Base of iirst dorsal 

 If in interspace between dorsals ; base of second, 4f ; length of pectoral, about 5 in 

 length of body. 



(Carcharias lamia Rafinesque, ludice, 1810, 44; name only; Squahis carcharias (in 

 part?) Cuvier (Regne Animal), and of several authors; not of Linnreus; Carcharias 

 lamin Risso, Hist. Nat. Europ. M6rid., Ill, 119, 182G; Squalus longimanus Poey, Me- 

 mories Cuba, II, 338 ; Eulamia longimana Poey, Syn. Pise. Cubens., 1868, 448 ; Eulamia 

 lamia Poey, Enmn. Pise. Cubens., 188; Carcharias lamia Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1684, 104 (Key West).) 



3 Carcharhinus irevirostris is described ia detail by Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1882, 581, and by Jordan op. cit., 1884, 104, from specimens obtained at Charles- 

 ton and Key West. 



•• Carcharhinus isodon, briefly described in the Synopsis (p. 2i) as Aprionodon punctatus, 

 is a West Indian species, very lately obtained for the first time on our coast. 

 (Parker.) 



f' Carcharias lonf/urio Jordan «.t Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 106; Mazatlan. 



6 Specimens of Scoliodon terrce-novce, Malthe radiata {cuhifions), Scorjnena plumieri 

 (bufo), and other fishes of the warm seas, were given by Audubon to Richardson, and 

 by Richardson described as coming from the waters about Newfoundland. There can 

 be little doubt that these specimens really came from Southern Florida, in which 

 region Audubon made extensive collections. The Squalus punctatus of Mitchill has 

 been identified by me with C. terra-novw, and by Prof. Gill with C. isodon. The name 

 punctatus is any case preoccupied and cannot be used for either species. Squalus punc- 

 tatus Bloch & Schneider 1801, is a Ginglijmostoma. 



