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35. (2.) Ginglymostoma miilleri. 



Ginglymostoma miilleri, Gilnther, Catal. viii, p. 408; Day, Fish. 

 India, p. 725 (see synon.). 



Snout very short, its length not equalling the width of the 

 mouth. Nasal cirrus short, reaching to the edge of the upper lip. 

 Teeth in many rows, each with a large central cusp, and three or 

 four lateral cusps on each side. Fins first dorsal opposite the 

 ventral, angles of all the paired fins pointed ; second dorsal slightly 

 in advance of the anal, but rather smaller than it or than the first 

 dorsal. Caudal nearly one third of the total length. 



Hab t Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Said to attain 8J feet in 

 length. 



3. Q-enus STEGOSTOMA, Miiller & Henle. 



Spiracles about the size of the small eyes, behind which they are 

 situated. Fourth and fifth gill-openings close together. Nasal 

 and buccal cavities confluent. Snout obtuse ; upper lip thick, with 

 a cirrus on either side. A well-developed labial fold round the 

 angle of the mouth. Teeth small, sometimes trilobed, the dental 

 plate being almost quadrangular. Two spineless dorsal fins, the 

 first above the ventral, the second anterior to the anal, which is 

 near the caudal, the latter being very elongate. 



Geographical Distribution. From the Eed Sea and east coast of 

 Africa, through the seas of India to the Malay Archipelago, and 

 Formosa. 



36. (1.) Stegostoma tigrimim. (Fig. 13.) 



Squalus tigrinus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. p. 1493. 



Stegostoma tigrinum, Day, fish. India, p. 725, pi. clxxxvii, fig. 4 

 (young) (see synon.). 



Pollee-makum, Konyarasi and Oorookoolti sorrah, also Potrava (when 

 young), Tel. ; Corungun sorrah, " monkey-mouthed shark," Tarn. } 

 ShawdMj Marathi. 



Head as broad as long. Eye small, with the spiracle just 

 behind it. Upper lip very thick, like a quadrangular pad, with a 



Fig. 13. Stegostoma tigrinum. 



barbel on either side. A distinct labial fold round the angle of the 

 mouth, which is slightly nearer to the eye than to the end of the 

 snout. Teeth small and trilobed. Fins the origin of the first 

 dorsal is a little posterior to the base of the ventral, it is about 



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