CARCIIAKIID.^. 



1. CARCHARIAS. 



Cuvier, Rftgne Anim. ii. p. 125 (1817) ; Miill. & Henle. Plagiost. p. 27 (1841) ; 



A. Dum. Hist. Poiss. i. p. 341 (1865) j Giinth. Oat. Fish. viii. p. 357 (1870). 



Mouth crescentic; teeth with a single sharp cusp. No spiracles. 



First dorsal fin opposite to the space between pectorals and ventrals ; 



a pit at the root of the tail. 



Temperate and tropical seas. One species from the Zambesi. 



1. CARCHARIAS ZAMBESENSTS. 

 Carcharias {Pjionndon) zamhezensis, Refers, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1852, p. 27G, and 

 Reise Mossamb. iv. p. 7, pi. i. fig. 2 (1868). 

 Snout very short, with rounded horizontal outline. Anterior border 



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of mouth on a line with anterior border of eye. Teeth :jjr, finely serrated, 

 upper triangular, with the outer border a little concave, lower much 

 narrower; a small, non-serrated median tooth. Two gill-openings above 

 the pectoral. Anterior dorsal just behind base of pectoral; second 



FIk. 1. 



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Cnrdiarias zamb 

 Type, after Peters (Eeise Mossamb.). ■!. 



dorsal a little anterior to, and of the same size as, anal, whicli is more 

 distant from vent than from caudal. Ventral a little nearer caudal than 

 pectoral. Caudal as long as distance from end of snout to dorsal. 

 Brownish grey, belly yellowish white. 



Total length 760 millim. 



Zambesi, 120 miles from the coast.— Type in Berlin Museum. 



