. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. m 18 C0NTRIBU1I0N&,T0 NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY—IV. of the mouth, each being provided with a free cylindrical cirrus; an upper and lower lij), the latter not extending across the symphysis, fourth and fifth gill-oi)ening8 close together; eye3 very small. The backward position of the first dorsal distinguishes this familj'^ from all others in our waters. Genera two; species about four; large shsirks of the warm seas. (8q/Uiidce pt. Giinther, viii, 407-409.) "Teeth iii both jawH in many series, each with a strong
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. m 18 C0NTRIBU1I0N&,T0 NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY—IV. of the mouth, each being provided with a free cylindrical cirrus; an upper and lower lij), the latter not extending across the symphysis, fourth and fifth gill-oi)ening8 close together; eye3 very small. The backward position of the first dorsal distinguishes this familj'^ from all others in our waters. Genera two; species about four; large shsirks of the warm seas. (8q/Uiidce pt. Giinther, viii, 407-409.) "Teeth iii both jawH in many series, each with a strong incdiaii cnsp, and cue or two smaller cusps on each side GlNOLYMoyTOMA, M, 13.—GIWOLiYllIOfiTOlflA Miiller & Henle, 1837. (MUller &. tl2i\\v,, VViegmauu's Arch. I8',i7, p. —; type Squahtn drralus Onu'liu.) The characters of this genus are of the family above given, wilU the addition of the following, Avhich distinguish Ginghjmostoma from Nehrins: teeth of both jaws in many scries, each with a strong njcdiau caisp, and one or tAvo smaller cusps on each side. {YtYr^hiioi;^ a hhige or hingcliko joint; rrzofia^ mouth.) 18. «. cirratum (Gmel.) M. & H.—Nurse Shark. Uniform brownish; young specimens with small, seal tered, round black spots; nasal cirrus reaching the lower lip; angles of the fins obtusely vouiuled; caudal fin forming nearly one-third of the total length. L. (i to 10 feet. {Giinther.) A large shark of the warmer parts of the Atlantic, abundant in the Gulf of IMoxico and the AVest Indies, and occasionally taken on our South Atlanti". coast. (iSgim/Hs cirmYHs Gmelia's'LlunirUH, I, 1492; Miiller & Heule, 23; GUuther, \-iii, 408.). SupsR-FAMiLY GALEORHINOIDEA. {The Oaleorhinoid Sharhs.) Family VII.—GALEORHlNIDiE {The True Sharks.) Sharks with f'vo dorsals and an anal fin; no spines; jjcctorals mod- erate; caudal fin not greatly (elongated, not lunatt?, mod<n'ately bent upwards, notched toward its end, and with thti basal much less
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