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29 



Inches 



Lines 





10 





10 



10 



6 



2 



6 



1 





1 





1 



9 



7 





From tip of snout to nostril 



From nostril to mouth 



From 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 .- 4 6 



Base of firsit dorsal fin 2 3 



'Hight of first dorsal fin , 2 5 



Base of second dorsal fin 1 



Hight of second dorsal fin 7 



Length of pectoral fin 3 4 



Width of pectoral fin 2 4 



Distance between nostrils 1 6 



Width of mouth 2 



Genus scoiiioDON Mtiller & Henle 



Body slender; snout depressed; no spiracles; teetli 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 (Rdchardson) 



Sharp-nosed Shark 



Squalus {Carcharias) terrae-novae Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer, 281), 1836. 

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

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



1861. 

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

 Sooliodon terrae-novae Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 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- 



