fishes of nkw zealand. 81 



Galeus. 



Caudal fin with a single notcli ; no pit at the commencement of the 

 caudal fin ; spiracles small ; mouth crescent-shaped ; teeth equal in 

 botli jaws, oblique, with notch and serrature. 



Temperate and tropical seas. 



130. GALEUS CANIS. L. C.M. 



Tope. 

 G. canis, Giinth., VIII., 379. 



A SHORT labial fold on both jaws ; teeth | ; the seconcf doi-sal fin 

 only one-third the size of the first, and somewhat in advance of the anal ; 

 length of the tail nearly equal to the distance between the two dox-sals. 



Uniform greyish, lighter below. 



Common ; grows to about 8 feet in length. 



Temperate and tropical seas. 



EUPROTOMICRUS. 



Dorsals without spines, the first very small at a short distance from 

 the ventrals, the second much longer; skin uniformly granular; 

 nostrils near to the extremity of the snout, which is not depressed, 

 obtusely conical; upper teeth small, conical, the lower much larger, 

 triangular, slightly oblique, not serrated, in moderate number ; spiracles 

 Avide ; gill openings very narrow. 



Indian Ocean. 



131. EUPROTOMICRUS. sp. C.M. 



A PAIR of jaws are iia the Colonial Museum which appear to belong to 

 this genus, but the teeth of the lower jaw are sometimes finely serrated ; 

 the teeth are J| on each side, and in about five series. 



Sub-order.— RATOIDEL— Rays. 



GUI openhi^s ventral ; body depressed, formimj a flat disc ; spiracles 

 present ; no amdfin. 

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