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Denticles. — The (liiiiiiil (liiiliiliMiirc rcl.ilivily Iiii|;i-, liiiiin iilioiit o.iJ iiiiii. loii^ hy o..|-; iiiiii. limad 

 In II sliiirk 105 cm. loiiij, very iiiic(|iial in .si/c, mil ilnsc srl , unci not, or only sliKlilly, iivcrliiiipinn; oiitiT 

 Slirfiicc •( keeled, keels IiIkIi, iMe<lian keil viTy ppiiiiiileiil . willl 11 deep ^jnicive (in eillier diile, liilerul 

 keels resting iin 11 namnv, lalseil, llallcncd marginal iirea, llie inai>;in nf llie lalli 1 MUMiliiiieM <-nivcd 





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Kid. I, Drill Uli'», Ciinhnrui.s tiiurux, iilimil i>,j i in, luiij', /inni C'lipr },tHiVo\U , N. C. 



tlpward; apirul ni:ir^;iii willi a i»r«»iMiiiciil, oliliisr aiif^Ird inrdiiin loin-, mid witliotit a ilcrp iinU-ntation 

 hftwccii lii)H nf inctliitii iiiul laliTal kt-rlN; hasal margin (rilolird or roiiiidrd; pcdicrl of iiu*diitiii ni/.e 

 and height; basal plate Miiidl. 



MiCASiiRiCMiCNTs 111' A Mm.k 105 Cm. (-ii'll Inciij(s) I.oNrj ruoM Woorm IIoijc, Mash. 



M'.i 



Tip ol riiiniit t(»— 



< Jilif 111 ui lifMl (lortul ... .\i<> 



Aiilcilor iiiarBlii ol eye k. 1 



I'irHl slllnlit jj.o 



I.iift( uUl Milt af). o 



I tuMc of prctorul aft'O 



Jipiruclr 



I'll lilt ot fiuiiitti 



Oiilrr unijIrM ol iioHlrllH 



Ilori/niitiil (liaiiictrr of orlill . 



\'<T(ind (liiiiiii-t(-r of othit 



DifidiiU'v !)c(wrrii iiostrilti. , 



llciiitU of K>I] itpi-ittirrH (Huhcqiial) 



I.cii^:l]i of itnlrtlor iiuiruiii of firrtl doritiil. 



1,1-11^:1 h of poslciioi niiiricin of lirrit doiHitl 



Ilusr of liisl tlniHiiI 



Uistiinct' ln'twrm dormilN , ,' 10. H 



l,4>nKtl) of itiitrtioi jiuirtilii of Ni'coiul ttomul g. •( 



l.ciiiitli of poNlt-rlor niiiiifiti uf Hccoiut (toiMiil , . /.h 



10.5 

 8.0 



Hunt* of Kt-t-onil (loiHiil 



I.iiicdi of oiilrr iiiurKiii of pcctoraltt 



I.ciictli (if Inner iMiiruln of pcctoruU .,,.,... 



Ilrt'iiillli of prctoiiilri «.,,... 



Axif iif ix-rlonilN to l>iiHC' of vi-ntralH 



I,tni;lli of oilier inuruiii of vcntiulH 



I,eMi;(li 111 hiiier lliiucill of vt'illrillH , 



Hiriidili of di'iful 1 11(11 Kill of vfiitralt ,,,, 



I,nii;tli ol rlunijers ,. 



I.niudi of lUiU'rlor iiiaruiii of uiiul , 



f.i'iitidi ol poNlrrior iiiuiKiii of uiiul 



I.eiictli ol ]nihV of iiliul 



DiHtiuiiv l[4iiii poHlcrlor blue of uiiul to urltilii of lower 



(iiiidiil IoIm- 



l,riit;i|i ol upper ciindiil IoIjc ,,, 



I.ciijjiti ((f lower <'iiiid»l loin* 



DiMliiiitriif iiol<<li f 1 0111 li]> of mudul 



Hreiidtli of lower iiiurKin of itiiidid lip 



tin, 



7.» 



jyo 



«.3 



10. ■ 



flt.S 



B.fl 

 4.1 



8.6 

 ».7 



t,.i, 



J' I 

 30.0 



10.7 



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This species is vei-y voratitais and is said (o In- very dcstnietive lo fi.'ihes; worKiii^j lo^jrllirr in 

 scIkhiIs, Ihry surround an<l atl;uk si'IhhiIs of oilier fish, even Uiose iiiijirisoned in llie nets of lisliernieii. 

 At tiinrs it is alnindanl alon^; Uie lianks, and in (he sprinj^ wherever the liatd seine fishermen operate 

 dead specimens usually are to Ik- foinid on the beaches. On April j.], 191^^, at leiLst a do/<-n examples, 

 .5 to 5 feet in length, were seen on (lie beach in the bi^^ht of Cape* J^K>kout. Coles states that the 

 sj)eeies is not a re^adar habitant of this region, btit that they oceiusionally arrive in sch(K>lH, Crtpeeially 



