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close behind pectoral, and its height 1^/2 m its length. Second 

 dorsal's base about 5^ in interdorsal space. Lower caudal lobe 

 2j^ in length of upper. Pectoral short, its tip not reaching as 

 far as posterior edge of dorsal, and greatest width of fin ij4} in 

 its length. Origin of ventral a little nearer posterior basal edge 

 of first dorsal than origin of second dorsal. Color grayish, paler 

 below. Iris whitish. Length 23^ inches. Great Egg Harbor 

 Bay. 



The small sharks found abundantly about the inlets of xA.tlantic 

 City, Anglesea and Cape May seem to belong to the present 

 species. My example agrees fairly well with the figure -given by 

 Miiller and Henle. It does not seem likely that they are entirely 

 all referable to the dusky shark, a species known at once by its 

 long falcate pectorals. Those which I observed were frequently 

 caught with dog fish. ]\Ir. Wm. J. Fox reports sharks from 

 Sea Isle City which are apparently this species. 



Carcharias ccerulens Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths. Inst., 1854, 



P- 352. 



Squalus ccerukus Abbott, Geol. X. J., 1858, p. 828. 



Genus Scoliodon Miiller and Henle. 



Th,e Sharp Nosed Sharks. 



Scoliodon terrae-novse (Rictiardsoii). 



Sharp X'osed Shark, 



Head 5>4 ; depth 7; snout 2^ in head: width of mouth 2/8 ; 

 interorbital space 2^4 ; front edge of first dorsal i^; pectoral 

 1^/7; length of caudal peduncle 2%; upper caudal lobe 2^ in 

 rest of body. Body slender. Head depressed. Snout depressed, 

 a little long, and rounded when viewed from above. Eye circu- 

 lar, a trifle anterior. Mouth with rather deep gape, and a short 

 labial groove at its angle on both upper and lower jaws, though 

 former longer. Teeth entire, oblique, fiat and points directed 

 towards sides of mouth so that inner margins are more or less 

 horizontal. Teeth not swollen at base, and each with a deep 



