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43. armatus Gray. " Shovelnose Shark." (Text-fig. 1.) 



In Hardwicke's Ulustr. Ind. Zool., ii, 1834, pi. xcix; Miiller & Henle, Plagiost.. 

 p. 119. 

 Figure : — ut supra. 

 Dimensions : — ^To at least 150 cm. 

 Range : — Coast of Queensland from south to north.^° 



44. banksii Miiller & Henle. (Text-fig. 2.) 



Plagiost., 1841, pp. 123, 192 : New Holland ; Gunther, Catal., viii, p. 446 ; 

 Macleay, Catal., 1108— Ogilby, Proc.Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, x, p. 464 

 (as R. bougainvillii) — Garman, Plagiost., p. 278 (as R. philippi). Not 

 Muller & Henle. 



Figure : — Waite, Mem. Austr. Mus., iv, pi. 3. 



Dimensions : — ^To fully 125 cm. 



Range : — Coast of South Queensland, straying beyond the Tropic. South 

 Hill, Moreton Bay, Cartwright Point, Low Bluff, Double Island Point, Hervey Bay, 

 Platypus Bay, and Bustard Bay, S.Q. ; Hummocky Island, M.Q. ; in 7 to 24 fath. 



{Endeavour Coll.). 



B. banksii. 



Text-figure 1. — Genus Ehinobatus. 



B. armatus. 



^ ° A much more littoral species than the succeeding, freely entering and even permanently 

 residing and breeding in fresh water. This species was not once taken by the " Endeavour" on 

 the Queensland Coast, whereas R. banksii occurred on 11 occasions. 



