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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM . 
lobe (165). Anal base 39, its height 27. Length of pectoral 95, but tips 
have been damaged. 
Snout acutely rounded. Nostrils nearer eye than end of snout, the 
tips of the valves forming right angles and the width of the nostril equals 
the longitudinal diameter of the eye. Distance between nostrils about five-sixths 
of preoral length. The eye lies over the anterior part of mouth ; pupil vertical 
and of lenticular form ; nictitating membrane present. No spiracle. Last 
two gill openings closer together than others and overlying pectoral fin. 
Two lines of pores between eye and mouth and groups of pores on other 
parts of head. Mouth more than twice as wide as it is long (width 63 mm. 
and length of arc of lower jaw 35). A very small labial fold in upper jaw. 
(Text-figure 4.) 
Gillisqualus amblyrhynchoides Whitley. 
Ogilby’s specimen of “ Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos ” (non Blkr.), from Cape Bowling Green, 
Queensland. Q. M. regd. no. 1 2003 — A Lateral view of entire specimen, B ventral 
view of head, C dermal denticles, D teeth of upper jaw, near symphysis, E teeth of 
lower jaw, near symphysis. Gilbert Whitley del. 
Dental formula 
13. 1. 13 
11 . 1 . 11 
27. 
— Median teeth small, 
23 
others long and 
acutely pointed and with broad cusps ; teeth noticeably serrated in upper 
jaw and minutely serrated in lower ; two functional series, erect. 
Habit gracefully fusiform, the body broadest just before the gills. Caudal 
peduncle rounded with a large superior and a smaller inferior lunate pit. 
Scales extremely minute, 
