6 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



SELACHII. ASTEROSPONDYLI. 



ALOPIIDAE. 



Squalus vulpes Gmelin, Syst., nat., 1788, vol. 1, p. 1496. 

 "Mediterranean." 



Carcharias vulpes Cuv. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad., 1867, vol. 9, 

 p. 221, pi. 36, fig. 3. 



Me. — Eastport (Kendall coll. 1893); East of Matinicus and 

 off Monhegan (Kendall coll. 1895). 



Mass. — Nahant (Storer 1839) ; Eastside of Boston Harbor 

 (Jackson 1852); Massachusetts Bay (Storer 1867); Provincetown 

 (Atwood 1865); Woods Hole (Baird 1873); Vineyard Sound; 

 Menemsha Bight; Buzzards Bay (Smith 1898); Nantucket (Sharp 

 & Fowler 1904). 



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



Conn. — Stonington (Linsley 1844). 



CARCHARIIDAE. 

 10. Carcharias littoralis (Mitchill). 



Sand shark; Shovel nose shark; Dogfish shark. 



Squalus littoralis Mitchill, Amer. month, mag. & crit. rev., 1818, 

 vol. 2, p. 328. "New York." 



Carcharias griseus Ayres. Storer, Mem. Amer. acad., 1867, vol. 

 9, p. 217, pi. 36, fig. 1. 



Carcharias littoralis (Mitchill). Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, 

 U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 46. 



Me.— Casco Bay at Small Point (Kendall coll. 1896). 



Mass.— Lynn (Storer 1842 and 1842) Waquoit (Lyman 1872); 

 Boston Bay (B. S. N. H., Cutting coll.); Provincetown; Nantucket 

 (Goode 1884); Provincetown (Storer 1843?); North Truro; Mon- 

 omoy; Menemsha Bight (Kendall coll. 1896) ; Woods Hole (Baird 

 1873; Smith 1898); Nantucket (Sharp & Fowler 1904). 



R. I. — Narragansett Bay at Conimicut (Pope coll. 1894-97). 



