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7. SPOTTED- FIN SHARK 
Carcharhimis limbatiis (Miiller & Henle) 
Jordan and F.verinann, p. 40. 
Garman, p. 127. 
AUieil to the dusky shark, but with teeth quite different, those of the upper jaw 
being narrow and much like those of the lower. The snout is somewhat pointed. 
The color is gray ; the lower side of the pectoral fin, the second dorsal, the anal, and 
the lower caudal lobe usually tipped with black. Length 5 feet. 
Tropical seas, north to North CaroHua. casuall>" to Long Lslaiid and 
Buzzard's Bay. Mr. Edwin Thorne of Babylon has the jaws of a large 
specimen which he took in (rreat South Bay in midsummer .several years 
ago. 
8. ROUND-NOSED SHARK 
Aprionodon isodon (Miiller & Henle) 
Jordan and PZverniann, p. 42. 
(Tamian. p. 1 19. 
Re.sembles the dusky shark in a general way, but the teeth above and below are 
narrow on broad bases, their edges without anv serration. 
A rare Atlantic species which has been recorded from New York 
(Miiller & Henle). \'irginia, and Ctiba. 
