LIST OF FISH. 65 



Thalassorhinus, " Pall. MSS." Mull. #■ Henle, Plag. Bonap. 



Selac. Tab. Anal. 10, 1838. 

 Galeus, sp., Valeric. Ann. Sci. Nat. 1835. 

 Galeorhimis, sp., Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. 121, 1816. 



1. Thalassorhinus Rondeletii. Rondelet's Shark. 



Carcharias Rondeletii, Risso,Ichth. 27. Hist. Nat. iii. 120. 

 Galeus thalassinus, Valenc. Legons d'Anat. Comp. de G. Cuv. t. 4, 



p. 2. Revu par G. L. Duvernoh, 401, Paris, 1835. Ann. Sci. 



Nat. 2 Serie, iii. 274, 1835. 

 Galeorhimis Rondeletii, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phil. 121, 1816. 

 Thalassorhinus vulpecula, Mull, fy Henle, Plag. 62. Bonap. Selac. 



Tab. Anal. 10, 1838. 



Hab. — Mediterranean and Ocean. 



2. Thalassorhinus platyrhynchus. Flat-nosed Shark. 



Thalassorhinus platyrhynchus, N., Mull. $■ Henle, Plag. 63. 

 Squalus platyrhynchus, Walbaum, Nat. Fr. v. 381. Art. Gen. 521. 



Hah. ? 



4. Head flat. Snout blunt. Nasal-flap broad, and moderately 

 long. Corner pits of the mouth and labial cartilages large. 

 The eyelids enclose a long opening. Spiracles of medium size. 

 Teeth as in Scyllia, along middle prong, with many lateral notches 

 on the base. In form, the fins resemble those of the true Scyllia. 

 The under lobe of the tail-fin is abortive, and the tail-pits are want- 

 ing. Scales three-keeled and three-pronged. — Triakiana. 



Scylliodontes, Mull. $■ Henle, Plag. 63. 



1. TRIAKIS. 



The character of Tribe. 



Triakis, Mull. Sr Henle, Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. 1838. Plag. 63. 



1. Triakis scyllium. The Triakis. 



Triakis scyllium, Mull. 8f Henle, Plag. 63. 

 Hab. — Japan. 



