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  PRECEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  67, 
  aet. 
  16 
  

  

  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  liver, 
  the 
  female 
  after 
  this 
  is 
  complete 
  dies 
  and 
  

   disappears. 
  

  

  In 
  another 
  shark 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  the 
  same 
  eggs 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  

   lines 
  on 
  the 
  lighter 
  colored 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  fins. 
  

   Since 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  appeared 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  shark, 
  I 
  have 
  

   named 
  them 
  as 
  deposited 
  by 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Capillaria, 
  which 
  

   should 
  be 
  called 
  Capillaria 
  carcliarhini, 
  new 
  species. 
  Although 
  the 
  

   other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  are 
  well 
  known 
  in 
  other 
  animals, 
  this 
  is 
  

   possibly 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  recorded 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  fish. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  specimen 
  has 
  been 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   National 
  Museum, 
  Helminthological 
  Collections 
  under 
  the 
  number 
  

   7812. 
  

  

  EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATE 
  

  

  Capillaria 
  carcharhini, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Portion 
  of 
  skin 
  of 
  shark 
  with 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  parasite. 
  

   2. 
  — 
  Interior 
  of 
  egg 
  showing 
  embryo. 
  

   3. 
  — 
  Exterior 
  of 
  egg. 
  

  

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