48 LIST OF FISH. 



20. Squalus (Carchabinus) Temminckii. Temrainck's Shark. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) Temminckii, N., Mull. Sf Henle, Play. 48. 



Hah. — India. 



a. Stuffed. Calcutta. From Mr. Bartlett's collection. 



21. Squalus (Carcharinus) limbatus. Margined Shark. 



Carcharias (Prionodon) linibatus, Valeric. Mull. <$• Ilenlc, Play. 

 lit. 



Hah. — Indian Ocean. 



? a. Stuffed. India. Presented by T. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 



2. SPHYRNIAS. 



The fore part of the head is broad, flat, and elongate on the 

 sides, with the nostrils situated on the fore-border of it. The eyes 

 on the lateral ends. The nasal-flap is a small, three-sided lap- 

 pet on the inner edge of the nostril. Small labial cartilages. Teeth 

 equal above and below, a flat pyramid inclined outwards with a 

 ledge on the outer side of the base, entire or serrated. A middle 

 tooth in both jaws. The first back-fin stands nigher to the pectorals 

 than to the belly-fin ; the second is smaller than the first, and stands 

 over the anal. Tail-pits distinct. The oviduct of the embryo is 

 set with villi. The yelk-bag is connected to the walls of the 

 uterus. 



Sphyrnias, Rafin. Anal. Nat. 93, 1815. (No character or type). 

 Sphyrna, " Rafoiesque," Index, 46. Cuv. Reg. An. 2 ed. ii. 393. 



Mull. $• Henle, Play. Bonap. Selach. Tab. Anal. 10, 1838. 

 Zygama, Cuv. Req. An. 2 ed. ii. 393. Mull. Sf Henle, May. Nat. 



Hist. ii. 1838. 

 Cestrorhinus, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. Jour. 121, 1816. Jour, de 



Phys. 263, 1816. 



1. Sphyrnias Zyg^n a. Hammer-headed Shark. 



Sphyrna Zygama, " Rafin." Mull. & Henle, Play. 51 . Rich. Rep. 



Brit. Assoc. 194, 1845. 

 Zygama, Rond. 389. {Copied from Gesner, 82). 

 Libella, Belon. 61. Salviani, 121, t. 40. (Copied from A hlrovand, 



408). Jonston, t. 7, f. 8. Willoughby> B.l. Ruysch. Theatr. 



t. 7, f. 8. 



