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Ziigaemi Icwiiii Lord (in Griffith), Aniin. King'., x, 1834, p. 640, pi. 1. 



Zygaeyia maUeiis Dtiy, Fisli. Tiulia, 1S7S, ]). 710, pi. clxxxvi, fig. 4; McCoy, Prod. 



Zool. Vict., dec. vi, 1881, pi. Ivi, fig. 1. 

 Crfttradon zygaerui (iiii-m.. Mom. Mns. (\)nip. Zool., xxxvi, 1913, p. 157, pi. i, 



fig. 1-3 (rof.). 



Fig. 14. Sjilii/riKi ziifiacna. 



Several si)0('ies of Hammei'-heads are known, bnt in none is the " hammer" 

 so'])]'ononiieed as in this one. Tlie Shark grows to a length of fifteen feet. As 

 many as thii'ty-seven embryos luive been taken from a female eleven feet in 

 lengtli. 



Family ORECTOLOBIDAE. 



ORECTOLOBUS Bonaparte, 1837 (barbatus). 



ORECTOLOBUS MACULATUS Bonnaterre ((Common Carpet Shark). 



t^qtialns )ii(icu'(itiis Boiul, Encycl. Mi^tlh. Ichth., 1788, ]^. 8. 



SniKiJiis hinhdfiis (Imel., Syst. X;it.. i, 1780. p. 14!)3. 



('rosso)h;iiii:< haihatifi Ciinth., Cat. P"i;-h. Hi-it. Mns., viii, 1870, p. 414; MeCoy, 



Prod. Zool. Vi.t.. dec. v, 188(l pi. .Kliii, fig. 1. 

 Orccfoiohiis wdcidafu ; Ogil. .•;' McV\\\] , P.R.S., X.S.AV., .xlii, 1!)08. p. 273, pi. xlii, 



fig. 2. 



Fig', lo. Orectolobiix inaculatus. 



The Carpet Sharks, called Wobbegongs in the Eastern States of Anstralia, are 

 slnggish bottom-hannting forms, where their remarkable eolonr patterns donbtless 

 harmonize well with their varied snrronndings. 



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