432 pnisTTOPHORTn.'F,. 



the eye. No nictitating membrane. Nostrils inferior ; a pair of 

 long tcntaelesi at the lowerside of the rostral lamina. Teeth small, 

 with a conical cusp on a broad base, arranged in several series. 

 Dorsal fins without spine, the first in front of the ventrals ; no anal. 

 Upper caudal lobe broader than the lower. 

 Seas of Japan and Australia. 



1. Pristiophorus cirratus. 



Pristis cirratus, Latham, Trans. Linn. Soc. ii. 1794, p. 281, tab. 26. 



figs. 5 & 27 ; Bl. Schn. p. 351, pi. 70. fig. 2 (cop. Latham). 

 Squalus anisodon, Lacep. iv. p. 680. 



tentaculatus, Shaw, Zool. v. 2. p. 359, and Nnt. Misc. p. 680. 



Pristiopliorus cirratus, Miill. (§• Ilenle, p. 98 ; ? Dtwi^ril, Elasmohr. 

 p. 461. 

 Teeth of the saw very unequal in length, there being from one to 

 four smaller ones between two larger. Scales extremely minute, 

 with a single keel, their point' not projecting. Dorsal and pectoral 

 fins entirely covered with scales. The distance between the tentacle 

 and nostril equals that between the nostril and the third or fourth 

 gill-opening. Forty-two sets of teeth in the upper jaw. 



Tasmania ; South Australia. 

 a. Fine specimen, 46 inches long. Tasmania. Purchased of Hr. 



Schwarzschild. 

 h. Stuffed, 34 inches long. Tasmania. Presented by R. Gunn, 



Esq. 

 c. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 

 d-e. Jaws. New Holland. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



2, Pristiophorus nudipinnis. 



Teeth of the saw very unequal in length. Scales minute, nearlj'^ 

 smooth, with traces of two or three keels at the base. The greater 

 portion of the dorsal fins and of the upperside of the pectorals 

 scaleless, naked. The distance between the tentacle and nostril is 

 considerably less than that between the nostril and the first gill- 

 opening. From 35 to 39 sets of teeth in the upper jaw. 



Tasmania; South Australia. 



a. Fine specimen, 43 inches long. Tasmania. Purchased of Hr. 



Schwarzschild. 

 b-c. Adult : stuffed. Tasmania. Presented by R. Gunn, Esq. 



d. Adult : stuffed. South Australia. Purchased of Mr. Knight. 



e. Young. Australia. Presented by Dr. G. Bennett. 

 /. Adult : stuffed. Purchased of Mr. Argent. 



3. Pristiophorus owenii. 

 Teeth of the saw of equal length. Scales minute, pointed, with a 

 median keel. Fins entirely covered with scales. Nostrils midway 



