MCCULLOCH. 



Grows to at least fifteen feet long, and is very dangerous to man. Not un- 

 common in the open sea, and remarkable for the lateral expansions of the head, 

 which bear the eyes. The young are very numerous and are born alive. 



IX. Family Orectolobidae. 



A. Sides of head with skinny lobes anteriorly. Orectolobus (15). 



AA. Sides of head without lobes. 



B. Anal commencing before the second dorsal. Parascylliwm (17). 



BB. Anal behind the second dorsal. 



C. First dorsal behind the ventrals; spiracle below the eye. Brachaelitrus (16). 

 CC. First dorsal above the ventrals; spiracle behind the eye. Stegostoma (18). 



15. Orectolobus Bonaparte, Icon. Faun. Ital, Peso., fasc. 7, 1837 1 p. 11 (bar- 

 batus). 

 15a. . maculatus. Wobbegoxg. Squalus maculatus Bonnaterre, Eneyel. 

 Meth., Iehth.. 1788, p. 8; 0. maculatus Ogil. & MeCul., P. Roy. Soc. 

 N.S.W. xlii. 1909, p. 273, pi. 42, 2. (PI. i.). 

 Reaches a length of 5-6 feet. Common among roeks on the coast, where it lies 

 in wait for its prey. Not harmful to man unless it accidentally catches a wader'* 

 foot or hand The voung are produced alive and in large numbers. 



15b. 0. devisi Carpet Shark. Id. Ogilby, Mem. Qld. Mus. v, 1916, p . 



181; 0. ornatus Ogil. & MeCul., P. Roy. Soc. N.S.W. xlii, 1909, p. 276, pi. 



42, 1. (PI. i.). 

 A somewhat larger and more ornate species than the preceding, but with 

 similar habits and structure. 



10. Brachaelurfs Ogilby, P. Roy. Soc. Qld. xx, 1907, p. 27 (modestus). 

 16a. B. modestus. Blind Shark. Chiloscyllium modestum Gthr., P.Z.S., 



1871, p. 654, pi. 54. (PI. i.). 

 A small species about three feet long, which is commonly taken by rock fisher- 

 men on the coast. The young are born alive. 



17. Parascyllium Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, vii. 1861, pp. 407, 412 



(variolatum) 

 17a. P. collare. Collared Cat Shark. P. cullare Rams. & Ogil., P.L.S 

 N.S.W. (2) iii, 1888, p. 1310; Id. Waite, Mem. Aust. Mus. iv. 1, 1899, 

 p. 32, pi. 2. 2. (PI. i.). 

 Plentiful in the deeper waters, where it is commonly taken by trawlers. 

 Reaches about three feet in length. This species deposits eggs which are enclosed 

 in oblong horny cases, and are attached to weeds by means of long tendrils at the 

 angles . 



18. Stegostoma Mull. & Henle, Arch. Naturg. iii. 1, 1837, p. 395 (fasciatum) . 

 18a. S. ttgrinum Zebra Shark. Squalus tygrinus Bonnaterre, Eneyel. 



Meth., Tchth., 1788, p. 8; S. tigrinum Day, Fish. India, 1878, p. 725, pi. 

 187,4. (PI. ii.). 

 A tropical shark which rarely strays into our waters. It feeds upon shell-fish 

 and crabs, etc.. and grows to about six feet long. 



X. Family Scylliorhixidae. 



19. Halaelurus Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, vii, 1861, p. 407 (burgeri). 

 19a. H. axalls. Spotted Cat Shark. Scyllium auale Ogilby, P.L.S. 



