PISCES. 5 



SELACHII. ASTEROSPONDYLI. 



GALEIDAE. 



Lamna caudata De Kay, N. Y. fauna, 1842, pt. 4, p. 354, pi. 62, 

 fig. 205. 



Mass.— Woods Hole (Baird 1873 and Smith 1898). 

 R. I.— Brenton Reef (DeKay 1842). 



7. Carcharhinus limbatus (Miiller & Henle). 

 Spotted-fin shark. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 40. 

 Carcharias (Prionodon) limbatus Miiller & Henle, Plagiostomen, 

 1841, p. 49. "Martinique." 



Mass.— Woods Hole (Smith 1898). 



SPHYRNIDAE. 



8. Sphyrna zygaena (Linne). 

 Hammerhead shark; Hammerhead. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 45. 



Squalus zygaena Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 234. 

 "Euro PA; America." 



Zygaena malleus Val. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad., 1867, vol. 9, 

 p. 238, pi. 38, fig. 3. 



Mass. — Holmes Hole (Storer 1839) ; Chatham; Cape Cod (Storer 

 1842); Holmes Hole (Storer 1842 and 1867); Chatham; Province- 

 town (Storer 1848); Woods Hole (Baird 1873 and Smith 1898); 

 Nantucket (Sharp and Fowler 1904). 



R. I. — Narragansett Bay (R. I. Fish comm. 1899). 



Conn.— Noank (Goode 1879). 



ALOPIIDAE. 



9. Alopias vulpes (Gmelin). 



Thresher; Thrasher; Swingle-tail; Swivel-tail. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 45; 

 1900, pt. 4, pi. 6, fig. 20. 



