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fading to dull white beneath ; ends of all the fins deep black. Iris 

 grey, stained darker superiorly. It may be remarked, as showing 

 the size to which this species attains, that the liver of one at the 

 Government fish-oil factory at Calicut weighed 270 Ib. 



Hah. Seas of India to the Malay Archipelago, and beyond. 

 This form is very common. 



12. (12.) Carcharias bleekeri. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) bleekeri, Dumtril, Hist. Nat. Poiss. i, p. 3G7. 

 Carcharias bleekeri, Day, Fish. India, p. 715 (see synon.). 



Length of the preoral portion of the snout equal to the width of 

 the mouth. Nostrils midway between the end of the snout and 

 the mouth. Teeth |j, the upper triangular with a slightly notched 

 outer border ; the lower nearly erect, narrow, and on a broad base. 

 Fins the dorsal commences a short distance behind the angle of 

 the pectoral ; second dorsal opposite to, nearly as long as, but lower 

 than the anal, and elongated posteriorly. Pectoral with its upper 

 edge 4| to 5 times as long as its lower ; caudal one fourth of the 

 total length. Colour a deep black spot at the lower edge of the 

 end of the pectoral fin ; a second at the end of the inferior lobe of 

 the caudal ; no black spot on the first dorsal. 



Hob. East coast of Africa, seas of India. 



13. (13.) Carcharias ellioti. 



Carcharias ellioti, Day, Fish. India, p. 716, pi. clxxxix, tig. 2. 

 Puducan or Aduyu-pal sorrah, Tamil ; Pal sorrah, Tel. 



Length of the preoral portion of the snout equal to the width of 

 the mouth. A well-developed labial groove along the outer side of 

 the maxilla, and a slight one on the mandible. Eyes rather small. 

 Nostrils rather nearer to the mouth than to the end of the snout. 

 Gill-openings much wider than the orbit. Teeth f^fi the upper 

 nearly triangular without any notch or basal enlargement, very 

 coarsely serrated on both edges ; those in the mandible obliquely 

 erect, awl-shaped, becoming smaller and more triangular at the 

 angle of the mouth ; the awl-shaped ones have a cusp at either side 

 of the base, below which the outer edge has a few serrations ; the 

 external triangular ones are serrated externally. Fins the first 

 dorsal commences just behind the root of the pectoral, its base 

 being nearer to it than to the ventral ; second dorsal smaller than 

 the first, but larger than the anal, before which it commences. 

 Pectoral falciform, its internal margin the length of its outer, 

 the fin reaches to beneath the end of the base of the dorsal. 

 Anal below the last two thirds of the second dorsal. Caudal 

 3| in the total length. Colour grey superiorly, becoming nearly 

 white beneath. 



Hob. Seas of India. At Kurrachee it is not uncommon. 



