1849.] Catalogue of Malayan Fishes. 1389 



Sub-ordo : RAJAE. 

 Fam. SQUATINORAJOIDiE. 

 Gen. Pristis, (Latham, 1794,) Muller und Henle, 1841. 

 (Pristibatis, Blainville, 1828.) 

 Teeth of the saw generally uniform, flattened and trenchant, directed 

 tolerably straight outwards, and commencing in front of the nostrils. 

 Nostrils far removed from the mouth, with a long, narrow triangular 

 valve at the upper margin ; at the lower margin a hemlike valve. No 

 cartilages at the angle of the mouth. Mouth transversal, straight. In 

 the upper jaw a membranous transverse valve behind the teeth, with a 

 straight margin. Teeth flattened, like paving stones. Upper eyelid 

 without projection. Spiracles large, separated by a broad bridge from 

 the eyes. Anterior dorsal partly opposite the ventrals. Both dorsals 

 equal. Caudal short, with or without a lower lobe. 



Pristis semisagittatus, (Shaw.) 



Russell, XIII. Yahla (Very young.) 



Squalus semisagittatus, Shaw, V. 361. 



Pristis semisagittatus, Cuv. R. A. II. 394 ( 3 ). 



Pristis semisagittatus, Swainson, II. 319. 



Pristis semisagittatus, Muller und Henle, (Young,) 108, Taf. (Mouth 



and nostrils). 



Ikan garagaji of the Malays. 



Diluted yellow ochre ; beneath whitish. Iris pale golden ; pupil 

 black, transversely oval. 



Habit. — Sea of Pinang, Malayan Peninsula, Singapore. 



Coromandel, Bay of Bengal, Mouths of the Ganges. 



Total length : 6 ft. 4 inch. 



The nostrils are situated very near the mouth and extend close to 

 the margin of the snout ; from their external angle proceeds a short 

 fissure towards the margin of the snout. The transversal duplicative 

 or valve behind the teeth of the upper jaw has a deep notch at the 

 symphysis of the jaw, and the margin is fringed in young individuals, 

 as described by M. M. Muller and Henle. But in older ones (3 ft. 



