STRIPED SHARK. 345 



long, and subdivided or ramified. Native of the 

 Southern Pacific : observed about the coasts of 

 New Holland. 



STRIPED SHARK. 



Squalus Africanus. S, griseus, fasciis septtm longitudinalihus 

 nigrkantibus. 



Grey Shark, with seven longitudinal blackish bands. 

 Squalus Africanus. S. fasciis septem nigricantibus paralleHs 

 longitudinalibus pictus, Lin. Gmel. Brouss. act. Par. 1/60. 



Length about two feet and a half : skin covered 

 by minute, squarish scales : head rather broader 

 than the body, and depressed: mouth semicircular: 

 teeth compressed, elongated, sharp, and disposed 

 in rows, which are transverse in the upper, and ob- 

 lique in the lower jaw : palate and tongue covered 

 with soft, unequal, scattered tubercles : pectoral 

 fins horizontal : ventral subtriangular, and oblique 

 at the tips : anal oblong, rounded in front, and 

 pointed behind: first dorsal fin situated beyond 

 the middle of the back; the second opposite the 

 hind part of the anal : tail rounded : described by 

 Broussonet : native of the African seas. 



