CABCHAIIIIDJ5. 13 



upper jaw oblique, serrated, and with a toothed notch on their 

 outer edge ; those in lower jaw a little oblique, rather narrow, 

 situated on a broad base and serrated. Fins pectoral falciform, 

 extending to beneath the hind third of the base of the first dorsal 

 fin, its internal margin equalling about one fourth or two sevenths 

 of its outer. Origin of first dorsal slightly posterior to the base of 

 the pectoral, and not extending to above the ventral. The second 

 dorsal smaller than and slightly posterior to the origin of the anal, 

 the latter rather nearer the caudal than the ventral. Caudal fin 

 34 in the total length. Colour dull brown superiorly, and 

 whitish beneath ; fins grey, lower caudal lobe and pectorals with 

 black extremities. 



Hob. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



9. (9.) Carcharias dussumieri. 



CarcharicOS (Prionodou) dussumieri, (Valenciennes) Mull, fy Henle, 



Plagios. p. 47, t. xix, f. 8. 

 Carcharias dussumieri, Day, Fish. India, p. 714, pi. clxxxvii, tig. 2 



(see synoii.) 



Choti musi, Marathi. 



Length of the preoral portion of the snout very slightly exceed- 

 ing the width of the mouth, and equalling the distance between 

 the eye and the first gill-opening. A very short groove at the 

 angle of the mouth, only slightly extending on to the upper jaw. 

 Nostrils nearer the opening of the mouth than to the end of the 

 snout. Gill-openings wider than the orbit. Teeth ^, those of 

 the upper jaw oblique and serrated, having a notch on the outer 

 side ; those in the mandibles smaller, oblique, narrow, serrated, and 

 with a broad base. Fins pectoral extends to opposite the hind 

 edge of the base of the first dorsal, its posterior margin is slightly 

 concave, its internal margin equals two fifths of the length of its 

 outer edge. Origin of the first dorsal a very slight distance behind 

 the base of the pectoral, and its base not extending to above the 

 ventral. The second dorsal slightly smaller than the anal. The 

 length of the caudal about 4 in the total length. Colour grey 

 or dull brown, becoming white beneath ; fins grey with white 

 outer edges ; upper two thirds of second dorsal blackish. 



Hab. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago. 



10. (10.) Carcharias gangeticus. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) gauge ticus, Mutt. 8f Henle, Plagios. p. $), 



t. xiii. 

 Carcharias gangeticus, Day, Fish. India, p. 715, pi. clxxxvii, tig. 1 



(see synon.) 

 Mundah mayur, Ooriah ; Nga man young wyn, Burmese. 



Length of the preoral portion of the snout only two thirds of 

 the width of the mouth, and equalling half of the interspace between 

 the eye and the middle gill-opening ; a very slight groove at the 



