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Hundredths 

 MEA6LHKMENTS Milliraeter.-? of length 



Leng-th of upper lobe ^^ 



Greatest width of upper lobe H'J' 



Distance of lower lobe from anal base 91 



Lreugth of anterior margin of lower lobe 228 



Length of longest margin of lower lobe 345 



Pectoral 



Distance from snout ^^ ^^ 



Greatest length 330 11 . 2 



Width of base 169 o-T 



Greatest width 240 8 



Ventral 



Distance from snout 1655 56 



Greatest length 215 7.3 



Length of posterior margin (last ray) 108 



AVidth of base 170 5.7 



Greatest width 222 7.5 



Only two specimens of tliis shark have been recorded the 

 type described by Capello from the coast of Portugal, and an 

 example about 9 feet, 8 inches long which came ashore in ex- 

 cellent condition at the Amagansett life-saving station on Long 

 Island, Feb. 8, 1883. The latter specimen was forwarded to the 

 U. S. National Museum, Washington D. C. 



A ti^urc of tho species is published in Oceanic Ichthj/ologij, pi. 5^ 

 fig. IT. 



Family galeidae 



Requiem SJuirks 



Genus mi stkmjs Cuvier 



Jlotly sli-udir, t'lungate; mouLh small, crescent-shaped, with 

 well developed l;il>i;il folds at the angles, snout rather long and 

 depressed; teeth in l()lli jaws xerj blunt, small, rhombic, tuany- 

 rowed, arranged like p.ivement; spiracles small, just behind the 

 eyes; eye large, ulilonu; pectorals large; ventrals well de- 

 veh.ped; (irsi (h.rsal large, not far behind pectorals, somewhat 

 larger fliaii second dorsal; anal opposite to and smaller than 

 second d(.rsal; basal IoIm- of caudal little developed, the tail 

 nearly stiaiglif; enil.i-.\o wilhout jilacental attaehment to the 



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