CARCHARODON CAPENSIS . — Smith.* 
Pisces. — Plate IV. — Female. 
„ ' nWnre ceesius purpureo-tinctus ; subtus flavo-albus plus minusve miniatus ; pinnis pectoralibus 
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variegatis. . , 
Lohgitudo ex apice capite ad extremitatem pum® caudalis 7 pcd. 
Colour— The back, the upper parts of the sides, and the dorsal fins dull 
blueish grey shaded with purple, and exhibiting a velvety lustre ; the lower 
portions of the sides silvery blue. Under parts yellow.sh white tinted with 
vermillion-red, very strongly on the under surfaces of the hea ^ ne ^' a " 
tail. The upper surface of the pectoral fins, and also the caudal and ana 
ones purplish grey, excepting a portion of each of the first named, town 
the base, which is livid black ; the part of each side adjoining these marks 
is also black. The under surface of the pectoral fins reddish white. Lyes 
resplendent greenish black, variegated with bright copper-coloured points 
Form, &c. — Figure robust and fusiform; the tail immediately in fion 
caudal fin, very slender and strongly carinated on each side; back s ig it y 
keeled. Head broad posteriorly, pointed anteriorly, flat above, convex e ow, 
and when viewed as a whole exhibits something of a triangular form ; a paten ot 
minute cuticular pores on each side of upper jaw, and two similar ones on 
the top of the head between the eyes and the nose. Gape large and arched, 
one row of erect teeth in each jaw, the remainder recumbent ; those of the 
nrmer iaw more than double the breadth of the lower ones. Nostrils narrow, 
transverse, and partially divided by a small cuticular lobule ; post-ocular 
• rac les very small, and on the same lines with the eyes, branchial openings 
and in front of the pectoral fins ; the latter large and somewhat trian- 
gular in shape, their hinder edge slightly concave with a small triangu ar 
§U * r V characters. — Figure fusiform; head subcorneal; nose pointed; teeth triangular, the base 
Generic ch. ^ of jaw wides t, lateral edges finely dentated ; post-ocular openings 
forming one of th , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ carinated . first dorsal fin immediately m 
small; branch 1 » each side of the tail strongly carinated ; a semilunar fossa m front of 
front « f fi the b ^ aboye and below ; caudal fin forked, the upper portion longest. Closely allied to Lamna. 
