;{74 CAiKJiiARiin-i:. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic ; rucific coast of Central America ; 

 Indian Ocean. 

 a. Fine specimen. Cape Verde Islands. Presented by the llev. 



11. T. Lowe. 

 I>. Stuffed, 4 feet long. Chiapam. From Mr. Salvin's Collection. 

 0, d-e. Fine specimens. Seychelles. From Prof. E. P. Wright's 



Collection. 

 /. Stuffed. Indian Ocean. Presented by T. E. J. Koileau, Esq. 

 g. Jaws of a large example. 



33.»Carcharias pleurotaenia. 



Carcbarias (Priouodon) pleurotjenia, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv. 

 Plaq. p. 40, tab 2. fig. (I 



Snout somewhat pointed in front, rather produced, the distance 

 between its extremity and the mouth being very little less than the 

 width of the mouth. Nostrils rather nearer to the mouth than to 

 the extremity of the snout. Teeth ||^, similar in form in bothjaivs, 

 namely erect, constricted, on a broad base, the upper serrated, the 

 lower smooth. Gill-openings wide, about thrice as wide as the eye, 

 which is small. Pectorals falciform, extending beyond the end of 

 the dorsal, the length of their lower margin being two-sevenths of that 

 of the upper. First dorsal commencing very close behind the axil 

 of the pectoral. Origins of the second dorsal and anal opposite to 

 each other, the bases of both being nearly equally long. Caudal fin 

 long, with the upper edge slightly undulated, its length being rather 

 less than the distance between the origins of the two dorsal fins. 

 Si'les of the tail with a longitudinal b'ght band tapering in front. 

 Fins without black spots. 



East Indian archipelago. 



a. Type of the species. Batavia. From Dr. Bleekcr's Collection. 



34. Carcharias temminckii 



Carcbarias (Prionodon) temminckii, Milll. 8c Henle, p. 48, pi. 18. 

 Lamiopsis temminckii, Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vii. 

 p. 410 (name r>nly). 



Snout somewhat pointed in front, rather produced, the distance 

 between its extremity and the mouth being a little less than the 

 width of the latter. Nostrils nearer to the mouth than to the end 

 of the snout. Teeth gg^ : the upper erect, rather narrow, without 

 a broad base, minutely serrated ; the lower awl-shaped, with a broad 

 base, not serrated. The teeth near the angle of the mouth are very 

 small. Gill-openings wide, much wider than the small eye. Pec- 

 torals very broad, extending to below the middle of the dorsal ; their 

 lower margin is more than one-third of the length of the upper. 

 The fust dorsal is midway between the roots of the pectoral and 

 ventral fins. Tlie second dorsal is but little smaller than the first, 

 and oi)posit<' to the anal. Coloration uniform. 



India, 



