28 LIST OF FISH. 



the under edge of the flap. On the under edge of the nostril some 

 have a smaller flap, similar to that which borders the upper edge. 

 The month is hunt ; the teeth have a middle point, and one or two 

 radical toothlets on each side. In most species the back fins are at- 

 tached over the claspers. Scales three-pronged. The eggs of this 

 genus are like those of the rajs. 



Scyllium. Mull, y Hcnle, Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. 1838. Plagiosl. 



Bonap. Selach. Tab. Anal. 11. 

 Scyllium, sect.* Cuv. Reg. An. ii.3Kfi. 

 Poroderma, Smith, Proc Zool. Soc. 1837. 

 Scylliorhinus, sp., Ufa in r. 

 Catulus, sp., Smith, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1837. 



1. Scyllium Edwardsii. Edwards' Shark. 



Scyllium Edwardsii, Cuv. Reg. An. 386. Mull, fy Henle, Plag. p. 



4, pi. 1841. 

 Greater Cat-fish, Edw. iii. t. 289, 1764. 

 Squalus pictus, Licht. Verz. der Double. Zool. Mus. p. 111. 

 Catulus Edwardsii, Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. 



Hab. — South Africa. 



a, b,c. Stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. From Dr. Andrew Smith's 

 collection. 



2. Scyllium pictum. Painted Shark. 



Scyllium pictum, Mull. §• Henle, Plag. p. 4, 1841. 



Hab. — S. Africa. 

 a. Stuffed? 



This appears to he only a variety of Sc. Edwardsii, Cuv. Midi. 

 & Henle, Plag. Nacch. p. 189. 



3. Scyllium maculatum. Tiger Shark. 



Scyllium maculatum, Gray, Hard. III. Tnd. Zool. i. pi. 98, f. I, 

 1832. Mull. <§• Henle, Plag. p. 5, 1841. Rich. Rep. Brit. 

 Assoc, p. 193, 1845. 



Scyllium pardus, Temm. Mus. Leyden. 



Scyllium marmoratum, Benn. Life of Raffles, p. 693, 1830. 



Catulus marmoratus, Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. 



II ws.- — Tudian Ocean. 



a. In spirits. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



b. In spirits. From Mr. Argent's collection. 



c. In spirits. Presented by the Zoological Society of London. 

 '/. Stuffed. Bramble Bay. Presented by the Earl of Derbv. 



