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of pectoral, and third largest, or about equal to length of snout. 
Spiracle minute, supero-lateral on head posterior to eye space 
about half of interorbital width. Body covered with fine shagreen 
denticles of uniform size, and all rather rough. Origin of first 
dorsal nearer tip of snout than last vertebra, or a little nearer 
that of ventral than base of pectoral, fin low, rather rounded, 
its apex near base of its posterior margin, and posterior blunt 
point 3% in interorbital space. Second dorsal but little smaller 
than first, similar, well before ventral, and inserted about first °/, 
in space between origin of first dorsal and last vertebra. Anal 
about equal to second dorsal, and inserted about opposite poster- 
ior basal portion of same. Caudal rather small, greatest width 
of upper lobe about 7 in its length. Height of lower caudal lobe 
about 24 in its base. Pectoral rather broad, short, its insertion 
but little nearer that of first dorsal than corner of mouth, and its 
greatest width about 1% in its length. Ventral broad, rounded, 
and inserted a little nearer first dorsal than second. No claspers. 
Color of dried skin dull gray-brown, paler below, or lighter gray 
on lower surfaces of pectoral and ventral. ‘Teeth white. Length 
8 feet 9 inches. Beesley’s Point. This is the example quoted 
from Dr. Abbott in the Report for 1905. 
A large shark taken in the summer of 1888 was evidently this 
species. It was calculated to have weighed not less than 600 
pounds, and measured 14 feet in length. When opened it con- 
tained 1 to 114 bushels of fish. It was believed to occur in the 
locality, near Palermo, in Cape May county, for 3 or 4 years. 
It is very probable that some of the large sharks seen about 
Cape May, though few have been taken which measured over 
8 feet in length, may be this species. ‘They are usually called 
“shovel-nosed shark.” ‘Though one hears the name “mackerel 
shark,” it is evidently confused with this species at times. An 
example about 2 feet long was found in one of the pounds at 
Green Creek, Cape May county, on June oth, 1907. It was of a 
dull sandy-brown color, generally with belly and lower surface of 
head whitish. ‘The species was reported to occur occasionally 
there, and sometimes to reach a large size. 
Reported at Barnegat Pier on July 30th, 1907. Reported at 
Ocean City, and said to reach a length of from 8 to 10 feet. 
