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From tip of snout to nostril 



From nostril to mouth 



Fi'om mouth to anus , 



From anus to anal fin 



Base of anal fin 



Hight of anal fin 



From anal fin to caudal. 



Length of caudal fin 



Distance from pectoral to ventral. 



Base of first dorsal fin 



Hight of first dorsal fin 



Base of second dorsal fin 



Hight of second dorsal fin 



Length of pectoral fin 



Width of pectoral fin 



Distance between nostrils 



Width of mouth 



Genus scoliodon Miiller & Henle 



Bod}' slender; snout depressed; no spiracles; teeth entire or 

 little serrated, oblique and flat, the points directed sidewise so 

 that the inner margins are more or less nearly horizontal, the 

 teeth in front more nearly erect; teeth not swollen at the base, 

 each of them with a deep notch on the outer margin below the 

 sharp point; labial folds conspicuous; first dorsal over the inter- 

 space between pectorals and ventrals; second dorsal very small; 

 ventrals small; size small. 



12 Scoliodon terrae novae (Kichardson) 



Sharp-tiosed Shark 



Squalus (Carcharias) terrae-novae Richaedson, Fauna Bor.-Amer. 289, 1836. 

 Carcharias terrae-novae Gunthee, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. VIII, 360, 1870. 

 Carcharias (Scoliodon) terrae-novae Gill, Cat. Fish. East Coast N. A. 59,. 



1861. 

 Squahis punctatus Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. I, 483, 1815. 

 Sooliodon terrae-novae Joedan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. jNIus. 24,. 



1883; Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 43, 1896. 



Snout moderately rounded; mouth U-shaped, with a short 

 labial groove at its angle extending on both jaws; distance from 

 tip of snout to nostril less than distance between nostrils; gill 

 openings narrow; first dorsal moderate, midway between pec- 



