392 



1 . Carcharodou rondeletii. 



The Groat Jilue Shark. 



I.auiia, Uoialrl, p. 3U0 ; Gcsncr, Be Aquat. p. 173; Ahlrov. p. 380. 



Carchariiis verus, A;/(iss. Poiss. Foss. iii. p. '.>1, tab. F. fig. 3 (teeth). 



Carcliai'odnii lamia, Bonap. Faiin. Ital. I'csc. 



rondeletii, Miill. ^- Heiile, rUuj. p. 70 ; Dmncril, Elasmohr. 



p. 411 ; Bociujc is CapcUo, I'eix. Plru/iost. p. 13. 



capeusi.-^, hmith. III. Zool. IS. Afr. I'isc pi. 4. 



? Carcharias atwoodi, Sturcr, Proc. Post. Soc. Nat. lliM. iii. 1848, 



p. 7i._cy/-. dill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1864, p. 200. 



Tho third tooth on each side of tlie upper jaw is conspicuously 

 smaller than the second and fourth. Teeth |f on each side. The 

 second dorsal tin in advance of the anal. 

 From the Mediterranean to Australia. 

 a. Stuffed, 6| feet long. Cape seas. From the Collection of the 



Zoological Society. 

 h-c. Jaws from specimens 'M^ feet long. Port Fairey (?), Australia. 

 d. Jaws of a laige example. " From the Collection of the Zoological 

 Society. 



14. ODONTASPIS. 



Odontaspi-s, At/ass. Pom. Foss. iii. p. 87. 



Triglochis, Mull. ^- Henle, Mat/. Nat. Hist. 1838, ii. p. 88. 

 The first dorsal tin opposite to the space between thc_ pectoral and 

 ventral, without spine ; the second and the anal not much smaller 

 than the first dorsal. No pit at the root of the caudal. Side of the 

 tail without keel. No membrana nictitans. Spiracles minute, pore- 

 like, above the angle of the mouth. Mouth crescent-shaped, wide. 

 Teeth large, awl-shaped, with one or two small cusps at the base. 

 Cill-opcniiigs of moderate width. 

 Temperate and tropical seas. 



1. Odoutaspis americauus. 



Sqiialiis americauus, Mitch. Phil. ^- Lit. Trans. Neiv York, i. p. 483 ; 



JJeJcai/, New York Faun. Fish. p. 3(50; Storer, Post. Juurn. Nat. 



Ilist.'lSU, iv. p. 188. 



macrodns, Mitch. Am. Monthl. May. ii. 1818, p. 328. 



? Sqiialus littoialis, Mitch. I. c. ; or Lcsuciir, Jovrn. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 



i. p. 224; or Dckaij, A\'w York Faun. Fish. p. 351. 

 Odontaspis taiirus, {Rajincsque) 3IiilL ^- llcnlc, p. 73, pi. 30; Du- 



nieril, Flasmobr. p. 417. 

 americauus, Abbott. Proc. Ac Nat. Sc. I'hilad. 1801, p. 309; 



lJu7ncril, I. c. p. 419. 

 Eugomphodus littoralit^, (rill, Pro<-. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1804, p. 200. 



The first tooth of the upper jaw not smaller than the second. One 

 or two small teeth between the third and fourth long tooth on each 

 side of the upper jaw. Long ieeth with a single small cusp on each 

 side of the base. The first dor.sal very close to the root of the 

 ventral* 



Atlantie ; southern Pacific. 



* Sorm;! iiiK's. Di-arrr. sniiici iiiu'H ;i( a ^'I'calci- dif^laiiciv wliicli dilHrc'iK'i' ;i|i|icar- 



