1. CARCnAllIAS. 371 



somewhat narrower, erect. Pectoral fin falciform, 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 one- 

 third the size of the first. Extreiniiies and outer margin of all the 

 Jins of a pure milky u<hlfe. 

 lied Sea. 



27. Carcharias menisorrah. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) menisorrah, Miill. Hf Ilenle, p. 46, pi. 17 ; 



Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. Plaff. p. 35, pi. 1. fig. 3 ; Dumeril. 



Elasmobr. p. 309. 

 ( ) tjutjot, Bkek. I.e. p. 30, pi. 1. fig. 4; Dumeril, I.e. 



p. 371 



Snout obtusely rounded, rather produced, the distance between 

 its extremity and the mouth being somewhat less than the width of 

 the latter. Nostrils rather nearer to the extremity of the snout 

 than to the mouth. Teeth ^j^, the upper oblique, distinctly ser- 

 rated, with a notch in the outer margin ; the lower narroiv, lan- 

 ceolate, not serrated, on a broad base. Gill-openings somewhat 

 wider than the orbit. Pectorals extending to the end of the dorsal, 

 the length of their upper margin being nearly thrice that of the 

 lower First dorsal nearer to the base of the pectorals than to that 

 of the ventrals, its origin being opposite to the lower angle of the 

 pectoral. The second dorsal is, as regards size and form, similar, 

 and entirely opposite to the anal ; it is about one -third the size of 

 the first dorsal. Coloration uniform, fins with the margins whitish. 



Indian Seas. 



a. Fine specimen. Moluccas. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



b. Type of C. tjutjot. Batavia. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 



c. Stuffed, 28 inches long. Moluccas. 



d. Jaws of a large example (12 inches wide). 



2S. Carcharias borneensis. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) borneensis, Blcek. Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Necrl. 

 V. Bm-neo, xii. p. 8. 



Rostro antice acutiuscule rotundato, rictus latitudinc longiore, 

 parte prajorali rictus longitudine longiore ; naribus rostri apici magis 

 quam angulo oris approximatis, oculo minoribus, valvula trigona 

 valde conspicua ; rictu valde curvato latiore quam longo ; dentibus 

 maxiUa superiore oblique trigonis postrorsum spectantibus margine 

 anteriore leviter denticulatis, margine posteriore edentulis, sed basi 

 processu bi- ad tridentato munitis ; dentibus maxilla inferiore basi 

 lata insertis oblique trigonis postrorsum spectantibus denticulis con- 

 spicuis nullis, oblique basi lata non dentata insertis. Pinna dorsali 

 prima pectoralibus magis quam ventralibus approximata ; dorsali 

 sccunda magna parte post pinnam analem sita, plus quiutuplo ejus 

 longitudinis a pinna dorsali prima remota, basi longiore qxiam antice 

 alta, dorsali prima triple circiter humiliore. Pectoralibus 1 1 circiter 

 in longitudine capitis, latitudinc 1^ circiter in oarum longitudine, 



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