48 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



LIST OF SPECIES. 

 BRANCHIOSTOMATIDa:. The Lancelots. 



1. Branchiostoma caribaeum Sundeval. West Indian Lancelet. 



Snapper Banks, Gulf of Mexico, in 16 to 24 fathoms {Gi-amjjus coll., Kendall 1889, 

 as B. lanceolatum ) ; Tampa Bay (Andrews 1894, and Fish Hawk coll., 1898), 



PETROMYZONID^. The Lampreys. 



2. Petromyzon marinus Linnaeus. Sea Lamprey. 



Not uncommon in the St. Johns River at Volusia Bar at the head of Lake George 

 (Kendall coll., 1897). 



GINGLYMOSTOMID^. The Nurse Sharks. 



3. Ginglymostoma cirratum (Gmelin). Nurse Shark. 



West Florida (Yelie coll., Goode & Bean 1879a) ; west coast of Florida (Velie coll., 

 Goode & Beau 1879&) ; and Key West (Jordan 1884o). 



GALEIDiB. The Requiem Sharks. 



4. Mustelus canis (Mitchill). Dog Shark. 



Reported at Key West (Jordan 1884a) on authority of fishermen. 



5. Galeocerdo tigrinus Mliller & Henle. Tiger Shark. 



St. Johns River (Goode 1879a), and Indian Key (Henshall 1889, as G. maculatus). 



6. Carcharinus milberti (Miiller & Henle). 

 Indian River (Goode 1879a, as Eulamia milberti). 



7. Carcharinus lamia (Rafinesque). Bay Shark. 



Key West and Florida Keys (Jordan 1884a and ISSid, as Carcharias lamia); Key 

 Largo and Tortugas (Henshall 1889); Biscayne Bay (McCormick coll., Smith 1895). 



8. Carcharinus platyodon (Poey). 



Florida Keys and west coast (Henshall 1889), and Biscayne Bay (McCormick coll., 

 Smith 1895). 



9. Carcharinus limbatus (Miiller & Henle). 



San Carlos Pass (Henshall 1889, as Eulamia limbata). 



10. Hypoprion brevirostris Poey. 



West Florida (Goode & Bean 1879a) ; West coast (Velie coll., Goode & Bean 18796) ; 

 Key West (Jordan 1884a, as Carcharias brevirostris) ; Florida Keys (Jordan ISSid, as 

 C. brevirostris) ; and Cape Sable Creek and Marco (Henshall 1889, as Carcharinus 

 brevirostris), 



11. Scoliodon terrae-novae (Richardson). Sharp-nose Shark. 



Pensacola (Jordan & Gilbert 1882, and Stearns coll.. Bean 1883) ; Key West (Jordan 

 1884a, as Carcharias punctatns); Florida Keys (Jordan 1884rf) ; Snapper Banks 

 Grampus coll., Kendall 1889, as Carcharinus terrw-nova;) ; Cape Sable, Marco and 

 Gasparillas (Henshall 1889, as C. terra-nova:) ; Florida Keys (Lonnberg 1894, as 

 C. terra-nova); Biscayne Bay (McCormick coll., Smith 1895, as C. terra-nova); and 

 Indian River Inlet (Evermann & Bean 1896). 



SPHYRNIDJE. The Hammer-head Sharks. 



12. Sphyrna tiburo (Linnseus). Shovel-head Shark. 



West coast of Florida (Velie coll., Goode & Bean 18796, as Benieeps tibu7'o); Pen- 

 sacola (Jordan & Gilbert 1882, and Stearns coll.. Bean 1883, as B. tiburo) ; Key West 

 (Jordan 1884a and 1884d, and Henshall 1894); Charlotte Harbor (Grampus coll., 

 Kendall 1889, as B. tiburo, and Henshall 1889); Florida (Lonnberg 1894); Biscayne 

 Bay (McCormick coll.. Smith 1895) ; and Indian River at Titusville (Evermann & 

 Bean 1896). 



