1908.] of the family oeectolobid.e. 359 



1. Chiloscyllium ocellatum. 



Squcdus ocellatus Gmeliu, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 1494 (1788) ; 

 Schneid. Bloch's Syst. Ichtli. p. 129 (1801). 



Heiniscyllium ocellcdum Miill. &, Henle, Plagiost. p. 16 (1841); 

 Dumeril, Elasmobr. p. 326 (1865). 



Scyllium ocellatum Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1847, p. 726, 

 pi. xxvi. fig. 2. 



Chiloscijilium ocellatum Giinth. Cat. Fish. viii. p. 410 (1870). 

 ■ No dorsal keel, except between the dorsal fins. Mouth nearer 

 to the end of snout than to the vertical from the eyes ; fold of 

 lower lip not continuous ; nasal cirrus extending to edge of nasal 

 valve. Nearly the whole of the spiracle below the eye. First 

 doi-sal originating well behind the base of pelvics ; free edge of 

 the fin concave ; length of base -| to | the distance from second 

 dorsal. Origin of anal at a distance from the vertical from the 

 end of base of second dorsal greater than the length of the latter ; 

 length of base of anal about |- of that of lower caudal lobe in 

 front of the notch. Pectoral extending -| to 3 of the distance 

 from its origin to that of the pelvics. Scattered round dark 

 spots on the body ; a large ocellus above the pectoral fin ; indis- 

 tinct cross-bars on the back ; two large spots on the anterior edge 

 of each dorsal fin. 



New Guinea and Northern Australia to the Kermadec Islands. 



2. Chiloscyllium trispeculare. 



Hemiscylliimi tQ^ispeculare Richards. Ic. Pise. p. 5, pi. i. fig. 2 

 (1843), and Erebus & Terror, Fish. p. 43, pi. xxviii. (1844). 



Chiloscyllium trispeculare Giinth, Cat. Fish. viii. p. 411 (1870). 



Scarcely specifically distinct from C. ocellatum, but with some- 

 what larger fins and with a dififerent coloration. Length of base 

 of first dorsal 4- its distance from the second ; pectoral extending 

 ^ of the distance from its origin to that of the pelvics. Body 

 densely covered with brownish spots, the larger of which are 

 studded with several small darker spots ; a large ocellus above 

 the pectoral fin, followed by one or two smaller ones ; indi- 

 stinct cross-bars on the back ; two large spots on the anterior 

 edge of each dorsal fin. 



North-west Australia. 



1. (550 mm.) type of N.W. Australia. Sir J. E:icliai-dson. 



the species. 



3. Chiloscyllium freycineti. 



Scyllium freycineti Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uran., Poiss. p, 192 

 <1824). 



