408 SCYLLIID^. 



a. GiNGLYMOSTOMA. 



1. Ginglymostoma cirratum. 



Gata, Parr a, p. 86, pi. 34. fig-. 2. 



Squalus cirratiis, Gtn. L. i. p. 1492 j Lacep. i. p. 245 ; Bl. Schn. 



p. 128. 



punctulatus, Lacep. ii. p. 120, pi. 4. fig. 3 ; Bl. Schn. p. 549. 



— — pu'nctatus, Bl. Schn. p. 134. 



argus, Bancroft, Zool. Journ. v. p. 82. 



Ginglymostoma cirratum, Miiller 8f Henle, p. 23 ; Dumeril, Elasinobr. 



p. 334. 

 fulvum, Poey, Mem. Cub. ii, 342, and Repert. Fis.-nat. Cub. 



1868, p. 4v>5. 

 caboverdianus (sic), Capello, Jorn. Sc. Math. Phys. e Nat. 1867, 



p. 167, fig. 1. 



The nasal cirrhus reaches the lower lip. Angles of the dorsal, 

 aual, and pectoral fins obtusely rounded. Length of the caudal fin 

 one-third, and in young examples two-sevenths of the total length. 

 Uniform brownish ; youtig examples with scattered small, round 

 black spots. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic. 



a-h. Stuffed, 8 and 6 feet long. West Indies, 



c-g. Half-grown (28 inches) : stuffed. West Indies. 



h. Young. South America. Presented by Sir K. Schomburgk. 



i, Jc-l. Half-grown. St. Croix. Purchased of Mr, Stevens. 



m. Half- grown. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological 



Society. 

 n. Half-grown. 



2. Ginglymostoma mulleri, 



? Seyllium ferrugineum. Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. ii. p. 95. 

 Ginglymostoma concolor, Midler ^- Henle, p. 22, pi. 6 (not Riipp.). 



The nasal cirrus reaches nearly to the labial margin. Angles of 

 the fins pointed ; the length of the caudal is about two-sevenths of 

 the total. Uniform brownish. {M. Sf H.) 



Ilidia. Attains to a lensrth of 84 feet. 



3. Ginglymostoma brevicaudatum. 

 Criinth. in Fish. 2kitiz. p. 141, pi. 21. 

 The nasal cirrus is very short, terminating at a great distance 

 from the labial margin. Fins short, with the angles obtusely rounded: 

 length of the caudal fin two-ninths of the total. Uniform da'rk 

 brown, with minute black dots, 

 Zanzibar ; Seychelles. 



a. Type of the species, stuffed, 25 inches long. From Lieut. -Col. 



Playfair's Collection. 

 6. Skull of a lai'ge example. Seychelles. Presented by Swinburne 



Ward, Esq. 

 c. Jaw.s of a large example. 



