riSHES.--McCULLOCH. n 



Family CARCHARIID.-E. 



Gexus Galeus, Rafmesque. 

 Galeus australis, Macleay. 

 School Shark, 

 iialeus australis, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vi., 

 I 88 I, p. 354. 

 Six small examples, each about 110 mm. long, were 

 obtained in Oyster Bay, Tasmania. 



Gen'us Pkioxace, Cantor. 



Prioxace Gi.AUCA, IJnuceus. 



Blue Shark. 



Squalus glaucus, Linnams, Syst. Nat., loth ed., 1758, p. 235. 



A number of specimens of this widely distributed species 



■were caught with hand-lines off the South Australian coast. 



Family SPHYRNID.-E. 



Genus Sphvkxa, Rafnu'scjuc. 



Sphyrxa lewini, Lord. 



Haunner-headed Shark. 



Zygcena leiviui, Lord in Griffith, Anim. Kingd., x., 1834, 

 p. 640. 

 One small male from the east coast of Flinders Island, Bass 

 Strait. 



Family SQUALID.-E. 

 Genus Squalus, Lintueus. 

 Squalus megalops, Macleay. 

 Dog-fish. 

 Acanthias megalops, Macleay, Prec. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 

 vi., 1 881, p. 367. 

 Numerous examples of this species were preser\ ed from off 

 Babel and Flinders Islands, Bass Strait. 



Family PRISTIOPHORID.^. 



Genus Pristiophorus, Miiller and Henle. 



Pristiophorus cirratus, Latham. 



Sa7v Shark. 



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

 pi. xxvi., fig. 5, and pi. xxvii. 

 Numerous foetal specimens and several young of this species 

 are in the collection from Shoalhaven Bight, New South 

 Wales, 15-45 fathoms, and north of Goose Island, Bass 

 Strait. 



