184 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM . 
A large specimen of “ Nebrius concol-or 955 mm. or a little over 3 feet 
long, from Darnley Island (Qlcl. Mus. regd. no. I 1216) resembles RuppelPs 
figure but has a longer snout, longer paired fins, and slight differences in 
dentition, nasal cirrhi, etc., wherefore, 1 give a figure of the Australian specimen, 
with a subspecific name in honour of the late James Douglas Ogilby, in 
appreciation of his “Check List” in these Memoirs (1916). 
Family CARCHARHINUS. 
Genus Carcharhinus Blainville, 1816 , ' sensu novo. 
Carcharhinus Blainville, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris (Aug. 1816), p. 121 ; Journ. Physique, 
lxxxiii, 1816, p. 264 (fide Sherborn, Index Anim.). Logotype, Squalus carcharias 
Linne, designated by Bose, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. v, 1816, p. 277. 
There has always been some confusion as to the correct application of 
the etymologically similar generic names Carcharias, Carcharhinus, Carcharodon , 
etc. 
The generic name Carcharias was proposed by Rafinesque in 1810. I 
have not seen his original description, but Jordan and Evermann (Bull. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. xlvii, i, 1896, p. 33) show^ that C. taurus Raf. is the genotype, 
and this selection has been confirmed by the International Commission. Thus 
Carcharias is available for the Grey Nurse sharks. 
Carcharhinus was the name given by Blainville to some fourteen species 
of sharks in 1816. Most authors have accepted C. cormnersonii Blainville as 
the genotype, but I find that Bose (Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. v, 1816, p. 277) 
designated Squalus carcharias Linne as the type. Unfortunately, Blainville’s 
works are not available to me, but it is now obvious that if he mentioned 
Linne' s species in 1816, the Great White Shark Squalus carcharias, and not 
the Grey Shark, Carcharhinus commersonii , will be the genotype of Carcharhinus. 
This will cause Carcharhinus to be utilised for the White Shark usually known 
as Carcharodon. The name Car char orhinus of Agassiz, 1846, being an 
emendation for Carcharhinus must also be transferred to the synonymy of the 
White Shark. The name w r as also spelt Carcharinus by Bory de St. Vincent 
(Diet. Class, iii, 1823, p. 203). 
Carcharodon was proposed by Muller and Henle (Mag. Nat. Hist. 
(Charles worth), new ser. ii, Jan. 1, 1838, p. 37), who quoted it from A. Smith's 
manuscripts. The haplotype is C. ca/pensis, figured in Smith’s 111. Zool. S. 
Africa (iii, 1839, pi. iv.). This is a White Shark, generally regarded as a 
synonym of Squalus carcharias Linne (= Carcharhinus carcharias, according to 
the present showing). 
Cuvier (Regne Anim. ii, Dec. 1816, p. 125) brought in Carcharias for 
Squalus carcharias, but his name is invalidated by Ralinesque’s earlier use for 
the taurus type. 
