STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN SHARKS, No. 4.* 



By EDGAR R. WAITK, F.L.S. Dirkctor, S.A. Muskum. 



Fig. 334. 



PARASCYLLIUM FERRUGINEUM McCulloch. 



Parascjjniuiit fcrriKjijintui McCiill., Eiideavoiir Res., i, 11)11, ]). 7, ]il. ii, fig. 2. 



During a storm in August, 1020, wiicn a quantity of flotsam was east on to our 

 ocean beaches, the litth' eatsliark here noticed Avas ol)tained alive. The buffetting 

 it encountered probably induced it to leave its ])rotecting egg-case somewhat 

 prematurely, but, apart from enemies, it would ])robably have survived, as the 

 yolk sac Avas well-nigh absorbed. 



Its characters are well developed, yo there is small dii^culty in identifying it, 

 at least generically. The large fifth gill-opening and the close proximity thereto 

 of the fourth, is characteristic of the genus PardscijUiuiit -. in this young specimen 

 the fourth slit is not at all apparent ; it lies on the anterior edge of the fifth, and 

 it can therefore be scarcely represented in a profile drawing. Presuming that it 





Fig. 334. PiirascyHiiiiii fcrntgiiicii in . 



* i'lcvious luimbeis appcaivd in tlic " Kceords of the Australian Musouiu. " 



