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ECHIDNA CATENATA, {Block) BleeJcer. 



Gymnofhorax catenatus, Bloch, Ichth. xii, 1797, 69, taf. ccccxv. 



Mumna catenata, Riciiardsox, Voyage H. M. S. S. Erebus & Terror, Ichth. 1846, 95. — 



Guxther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. viii, 1870, 131. 

 Pwcilophis catenatus, Kaup, Cat. Apod. Fish. Brit. Mus. 1858, 100. 

 Echidna catenata, Bleeker, Ned. Tyds. Dierk. ii, 242. 



Dr. Kaup {I. c. sup.) gives Bermuda as a locality for this species ; it 

 also occurs at many of the West India Islands, at Trinidad, and on the 

 coast of Dutch Guiana at Surinam. 



EAIiE. 



The names Sting Bay and White Eay would indicate the occurrence 

 of one or more species of this order. JEtobatis narinari (Euphrasen) 

 Miill. & Henle is likely to occur here. 



Mr. Jones records a specimen nearly eight feet long taken in March, 

 1850, which he believes to be the Lamna punctata figured by DeKay.* 



SPHYRNIDiE. 



The Hammer-head Shark known to the fishermen is probably the 

 Sphyrna zxjgcena (Linne) Miiller & Henle. 



SCYLLIIM]. 



The large Shark confined in the Devil's Hole is probably Ginglymo- 

 stoma cirratum (Gmeliu) Miill. & Henle. 



GALEORHINlim 



MUSTELUS CANIS, {Mitch.) DeKay. 

 Nurse Shark. 



Squalus canis, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y., 1, 486, pi. lxiv, f. 209. 



Mustelus cants, DeKay, Zool. N. Y. Fish, 1842, 355, pi. lxiv, f. 209. — Storer, Syn. Fish. 

 N. Am. 253.— Baird, Fishes New Jersey Coast, 39, 1854; Rep. U. S. Com. Fish, 

 1871, 827.— Gill, Cat. Fishes E. Coast N Am. 59 ; and in Baird's Rep. IT. S. 

 Com. Fish, 1871, 813.— Poey, Rep. Fis.-Nat. Cuba, ii, 453. 



Common. My specimen measured three feet, and one of the oviducts 

 contained a young one eight inches long. It agrees exactly with speci- 

 mens of Mustelus canis from Wood's Hole, Mass. 



The Nurse is considered excellent food ; after it has been boiled until 

 tender, and then fried in its own fat. The sharks are rarely eaten, how- 

 ever, except by the negroes. 



* Zoology of New York, Fish, 352, pi. lxiii, f. 206-207. 



