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Text-figure 21. 

 A male Japanese Bullhead Shark, Heterodontus japcmicus Macleay, length not recorded. The original figure 



is in color and is labelled Cestracion phillipi. 

 After Muller and Henle, 1841, pL 31. Right and left are here reversed. 



Australia) and in Japan. But Heterodontus phillipi does not occur in Japanese waters. 

 Moreover, Siebold (1850, p. 304) noted that the Muller and Henle figure was drawn by 

 Biirger from a fresh specimen collected in Japan. 



A specimen of H. japonicus described and figured by Brevoort (1856) was labelled 

 ""Cestracion phillipi'' . This specimen (my Text-figure 22) was collected at Simoda 



Text-figure 22. 

 A very young (recently hatched) male Japanese Bullhead Shark, Heterodontus japonicus, collected by the 

 Perry Expedition to Japan. The original figure, from a recently procured specimen only 216 mm. (8.5 inches) 



long, is in color and is labelled Cestracion philUpi. 

 After Brevoort, 1856, pi. XU. 



