FISIIKS WAITIC. 37 



Famihj riilSTIOPHORlD^i]. 



P 11 1 S T lO P Jl () K U S, M,ilhr ,(• HpAile. 



PRISTIOPHOKUS CIRRATUS, Latham. 



Saw SiiAUK. 



PriKtlxcirratH-s, Lath.,Tr;iiis. Liiui. Sue, ii., 1794, p. 281, pis. xxvi. 

 (tig. 5), and xxvii. 



Stations 1, 4, 10, 13, 15, 20, 21, 24, 25, 2G, 34, 

 37, 3S, 40, 4G, 57, 58. 



Extremely common all along the coast, this species was taken 

 from the minimum and maximum depths of 20 and 84 fathoms, 

 both records being off Broken Bay, the former two and a lialf 

 and the latter nine miles from shore. 



It proved a source of considera):)le trouble to the trawlers by 

 becoming entangled in the meshes of the net. The sharp teeth 

 not only rendered extrication difficult, but necessitated cautious 

 handling. In this respect little examples, not exceeding a foot 

 in length, were equally annoying with the adults. The largest 

 specimen taken measured 1272 mm. ( = 50 inches), which is pro- 

 bably the maximum of growth. The most northern Station (20) 

 whence the species was obtained was off Morna Point, south of 

 Port Stephens. Southward it was not taken beyond Port 

 Hacking. According to McCoy* and Castelnau,t Fristiophorus 

 nudipinnis, Giintli., is the common Saw Fish of Hobson's Bay, 

 while the latter remarks that he had not seen P. cirratus from 

 Victoria, although it is known from Tasmania. 



Family SQUATINID^. 



SQUAT IN A, Dumeril. 



SQUATINA SQUATINA, Linnceus. 



Angel Fish. 



Squalus squatina, Linn., Syst. Nat., Ed. x., 1758, p. 233. 

 Hhina squatina, McCoy, Prod. Zool. Vict., Dec. iv., 1879, pi. xxxiv. 



Stations 5, 7, 24, 32, 34, 35, 43, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 57. 



This widely distributed species was taken freely all along the 

 •coast line visited with the exception of the small portion between 



* McCoy— Prod. Zool. Vict., Dec. vi., 1881, pi. Ivi., fig. 2. 

 t Castehiau— Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict., i., 1872, p. 220. 



