19. NOTIB.VNUS. 399 



Ileptanchus macuLatus, Girard, U. S. Par. R.R. Exp. Fish. p. 307. 

 Notorliynclius borealis, Gil/, /. c. 1804, p. 150 



Snout short and rounded ; cleft of the mouth broader than long. 

 A. single median pointed tooth in the upper jaw ; the lowr^- median 

 tooth witli lateral cusps, but without central cusp. The rirst cusp of 

 the lower teeth is much stronger than the others, and serrated on its 

 outer margin. 



From the Cape of Good Hope to California. 



a. Stuffed, 4ji feet long. Cape Seas. 



b. Jaws of an adult example. 



