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5. Sphyrnias Mokarran. The Mokarran. 



Sphyrna Mokarran, Mull. $■ Henle, Plag. 53. 

 Zygsena MokarraD, Riipp. Chondropt. 5, t. 17, f. 3. 



Hab.— Red Sea. Mus. Berlin. 



2. Head flat. Snout sharp or blunt. The nasal-flap is broad, or 

 it is prolonged into a barbel. Eye-openings longitudinal. Corner 

 folds of the mouth very small. The teeth as in Scyllia, small, nu- 

 merous, with a long, middle prong, and one or two radical notches 

 on either side of the base, similar in the upper and under-jaws. 

 The second back-fin and anal stand opposite to one another, or 

 nearly so. The tail-fin is as in Carcharias, or as in those Scyllia in 

 which the under lobe is scarcely pronounced. Tail-pits existing or 

 wanting. Scales three-pointed, five to seven deep. — Leptocha- 



RIANA. 



Triaenodontes, Mull. Sf Henle, Plag. 5. 

 Trisenodontini, Bonap. Selac. Tab. Anal. 10. 



1. LEPTOCH ARIAS. 



Leptocharias, A. Smith. Mull. $r Henle, Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. 13, 14, 



1838. 

 Carcharias, sp., Riipp. 

 Trisenodon, Mull. $ Henle, Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. 1838. Plagiost. 5. 



1. Leptocharias obesus. Red Sea Leptocharias. 



Carcharias obesus, Riipp. Chondropt. 4, t. 18, f. 2. 

 Trisenodon obesus, Mull. $• Henle, Plag. 55. 



Hab. — Indian Ocean, Red Sea. Mus. Berlin. 



2. Leptocharias Smithii. Smith's Leptocharias. 



Leptocharias Smithii, Smith, Mag. Nat. Hist. N. S. ii. n. 13, 14, 

 1838. 



Hab. — Southern Ocean. 



a. Stuffed. Southern Ocean. Cabenda Bay. (The specimen 

 described and figured by Miiller and Henle). 



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