370 CARCHARIIDJE. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) melanopterus, MiiU. ^ Henle, p. 43, pi. 19. 



fig. 5 ; Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Flag. p. 33 ; Dumeril, Elasmobr. 



p. 365. 



(Prionace) melanopterus, Cant. Mai. Fish. p. 400. 



(Prionodon) henlei, Bleek. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. iv. p. 507. 



( ) brachyi'hynchus, Bkek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. vi. 



p. 206 ; Dumeril, Elai^tnohr. p. 364. 



Snout short and obtuse, the nostrils being nearer \o its extremity, 

 than to the mouth. Teeth g^^J, the upper oblique, with the inner 

 margin straight and the outer notched ; the lower narrower ; both 

 serrated. Pectoral fin falciform, the upper margin being thrice as 

 long as the lower, extending to the end of the dorsal. The first 

 dorsal is only a little nearer to the root of the pectoral than to that 

 of the ventral. Second dorsal opposite to the anal, to which it is si- 

 milar in size and shape. Extremities of all the fins deep black. 



Indian Ocean and archipelago. 



a. Stuffed, 33 inches long. South Africa. Presented by Sir A. 



Smith. 



b. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 



c. Fine specimen. Amboyna. Purchased of Hr. Frank. (C bra- 



chyrhynchus.) 



d. Young. Amboyna. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



25. Carcharias bleekeri. 



? Squalus spallanzanii, Peron d)- Les. Joum. Ac. Nat. Sc. PhUad. ii. 



p. 351. 

 Carcharias (Prionodon) bleekeri, Dumeril, Elasmobr. p. 367. 



Snout moderately produced, the nostrils being midway between its 

 extremity and the mouth. Teeth -|-|, the upper oblique, with the 

 inner margin straight and the outer notched ; the lower nearly erect, 

 narrow, on a broad base ; both finely serrated. Pectoral fins falci- 

 form, the up>per margin being five times as long as the lower. Origin 

 of the dorsal fin at a short distance behind the inner posterior angle 

 of the pectoral. Second dorsal opposite to, as long as, but lower 

 than, the anal, and produced in a long lobe posteriorly. A de^p- 

 blaclc spot on the lower side of the extremity of the pectoral fin ; ex- 

 tremity of the lower caudal lobe with a deep-blach spot. No spot on 

 the first dorsal fin. 



Indian Ocean. 

 a. Half-grown : male. Seychelles. Presented by Lieut. -Col. 

 Playfair. 



26. Carcharias albomarginatxis. 



Carcharias albomtirginatus, Riipp. N. W. Fische, p. 64, taf. 18. fig. 1. 



(Prionodon) albomarginatus, Miill. 8f Henle, p. 44 ; DumSril, 



Elasmobr. p. 366. 



Snout rather short and obtuse, the nostrils being somewhat nearer 



to the mouth than to the extremity of the snout. Teeth |^ ; the 



upper oblique, serrated, with the outer margin notched ; the lower 



