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46. Scoliodon lalandi (M tiller and Henle). 



West Indies to Brazil. 



Carcharias lalandi Miiller and Henle, Plagiostomen, 1838, 30, Rio Janeiro; 

 Martinique; Guadeloupe. 



47. Scoliodon porosus (Poey). 



Cuba. 



Squalus porosus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 339, tab. 19, L. 11, 12, Habana. 



48. Scoliodon longurio (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Pacific coast of Mexico. 



Carcharias longurio Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 

 106, Mazatlan, Mexico. 



Genus 31. APRIONODON Gill. 



Aprion Miiller and Henle, Plagiostomen, 1838-1841, 31 {Carcharias isodon 



Miiller and Henle); preoccupied. 

 Aprionodon Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., VII, 1862, 411 (Aprionodon 

 punctatus Gill; not Squalus punctatus Mitchill ^Carc/fanas isodon 

 Miiller and Henle). 



49. Aprionodon isodon (Miiller and Henle). 



Atlantic Ocean; recorded from New York, Virginia, and Cuba; probably 



rare. 

 Carcharius isodon MuUer and Henle, Plagiostomen, 1838, 32, New York. 

 Carcharius punctatus Giinther, Cat., VIII, 1870, New York; not Squalus 



punctatus Mitchill, which is Scoliodon terrx-novse. 



Genus 32. CARCHARIAS Rafinesque. Gray shark; Requm. 



Carcharias Rafinesque, Caratteri, 1810, 10 {Squalus carcharias L. intended, 

 but Carcharias taurus the only species mentioned). 



Carcharhinus Blainvilie, Bull. Soc. Philom., 1816, 264 (Squalus commersonii 

 Blainville, apparently the same as Carcharias lamia Ralinesciue). 



Carcharias Cuvier, Regno Anim., ed. I, 1817, 12.5 {"Squalus carcharias," 

 Carcharias lamia intended); not of Rafinesque. 



Eulamia Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., VII, 1861, 401 {Carcharias 

 lamia Rafinesque; Squalus commersonii Blainville being intended = 

 Carcharias lamia Rafinesque was Carcharodon carcharias Rafinesque, the 

 specific name being a substitute for Squalus carcharias L.). 



Platypodon Gill, loc. cit. {Carcharias menisorrah Muller and Henle). 



Isogomphodon Gill, loc. cit. {Carcharias oxijrhynchus Miiller and Henle). 



Lamiopsis Gill. loc. cit. {Carcharias temmincki Miiller and Henle). 



Isoplagiodon Gill, loc. cit. {Carcharias sorrah Miiller and Henle). 



50. Carcharias commersonii (Blainville). Cub shark; Requin; Requiem; 



Lamia; Common gray shark. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic; common northward to the Florida Keys 

 and in the Mediterranean; rarely straying northward to New York in 

 the Gulf Stream. 



Squalus commersonii Blainville, Bull. Soc. Philom., 1816, 121, Mediter- 

 ranean. 



Carcharias lamia Risso, Europ. M<$rid., Ill, 1826, 19, Nice; not of Ra- 

 finesque. 



Squalus longimanus Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 338, Cuba. 



51. Carcharias lamiella Jordan and Gilbert. Bay shark. 



San Diego Bay and southward along the Mexican coast. 



Carcharias lamiella Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 



110, San Diego; regarded by Garman as identical with C. commersonii 



of the -Atlantic. 



52. Carcharias platyrhynchus (Gilbert). 



Magdalena Bay, Lower California, to Galapagos Islands and the Revil- 



lagigedo Islands. 

 Eulamia platyrhynchus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 1891, 543, 



Clarion Island; Magdalena Bay; regarded by Garman as identical 



with C. commersonii 



53. Carcharias platyodon (Poey). Cub shark. 



Cuba to Texas; abundant in the Gulf of Mexico. 



Squalus platyodon Poey, Memorias, II, 1861, 336, Habana. 



Squalus oblusus Poey, loc. cit., 337, Habana. 



