■"' t LIST OF FISH. 



4. CHILOSCYLLIUM. 



Snout blunt; the nostrils are cleft up to the mouth; the nasal- 

 flaps of both sides not connected, always carrying a beard. On the 

 outer border of the nostrils there is a considerable skirt-like flap, 

 which is continued into the upper corner fold of the mouth. The 

 genus is characterized by a broad, skinny under-lip, which is sepa- 

 rated by a transverse furrow from the outer skin of the throat ; the 

 elongated under comer fold of the mouth springs therefrom, and is 

 attached in the middle. Mouth slightly curved. Teeth pointed, 

 with one or two radical toothlets on each side. Spiracles longitudi- 

 nal, close behind the eyes. A small knob springs forward from the 

 hinder edge of the spout-hole. The fourth and fifth gill-opening 

 are close together. Position of the back-fins, as in Hemiscyllium, 

 both are placed before the anal; the foremost behind the belly-fin. 

 The breast and belly-fins are always rounded. The anal and tail-fins 

 are also rounded at the end ; the anal without a fore-corner is 

 rounded beneath and pointed behind, and they are close to each 

 other. The under edge of the tail-fin is convex. 



Chiloscyllium, Mull. V Henle, May. Nat. Hist. ii. 1838. Plagiost. 



Orectolobus, Bonap. Selac. Tab. Anal. ii. 1838. 



Seylliorhinus (§ 2), sp., Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. 1816, 321. Jour. 



de Phys. 161,263. 

 Scy Ilium, sp., Bennett. Gray. Kuhl. 



1. Chilosctllilm plagiosum. Striped Bamboo Shark. 



Chiloscyllium plagiosum, Mull. & Henle, Play. 17, 1841. Rich. 



Rep. Brit. Assoc. 194, 1846. Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc. Sep. 



1837. 

 Scy Hi urn plagiosum, Bennett, Life of Raffles, 693, 1830. 

 Scvllium ornatum, Gray, Hard. ill. t. 98, f. 2, Var. 2,31. V //. 



Icon. Reeves, 252.* Hard. Cart. 45, Var. 3, M. V II. Russ. 



Fish. Command, pi. 16. 

 Orectolobus plagiosum, Bonap. 

 Orectolobus ornatum, Bonap. Selac. Tab. Anal. ii. 



Hab. — Indian Ocean. 



a. In spirits. Young. China Seas. Presented by J. R. Reeves, 

 Esq. 



b. Stuffed. China Seas. Presented by Gen. Hardwicke. 

 '■. Stuffed. Cape Seas. From Dr. A. Smith's collection. 



