. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. WHITLEY. 257 anal fins rather large. Caudal and ventrals as usual in genus; pectorals Fig. 3. Sand Shark, Galeolamna dorsalis Whitley. Holotype, Carnarvon, Western Australia. Colour very light grey. No conspicuous dark marks on fins. Length up to about 5 ft. Described from photographs of specimens caught off Carnarvon, W. Australia, in meshing nets by Marine Products of Australia, Ltd., in 1928, kindly made available by Mr. Alf. Melsom, who was a member of that firm. The species occurs along the Australian coastline, and was kn
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. WHITLEY. 257 anal fins rather large. Caudal and ventrals as usual in genus; pectorals Fig. 3. Sand Shark, Galeolamna dorsalis Whitley. Holotype, Carnarvon, Western Australia. Colour very light grey. No conspicuous dark marks on fins. Length up to about 5 ft. Described from photographs of specimens caught off Carnarvon, W. Australia, in meshing nets by Marine Products of Australia, Ltd., in 1928, kindly made available by Mr. Alf. Melsom, who was a member of that firm. The species occurs along the Australian coastline, and was known as "Sand Shark" by the fishermen. Distinguished from other species by the remarkably large and high first dorsal fin. Genus Longmania Whitley, 1939. To this genus is referred a new species of Galeid sharks from Western Australia characterised by the small eyes; long, acute snout, with more than 15 teeth on either side of each jaw; oblique nostrils, without cirrhi; and lower caudal lobe conspicuously black-tipped. It differs from L. brevipinna (Muller and Henle, 1839) from the East Indies in having teeth minutely serrate in upper jaw, the lower caudal lobe black and labial folds long; the Queensland form of this species, illustrated in my "Fishes of Australia" (i., 1940, p. 107, fig. 107) also differs in similar respects; Uranga nasuta Whitley, 1943, from Queensland, has serrated teeth in upper jaw, but has plain lower caudal lobe. This genus has not hitherto been recognised from Western Australia. Longmania calamaria, sp. nov. (Fig. 4.) Head very acutely pointed. Predorsal profile sloping, not gibbous. Nostrils entirely inferior, much nearer mouth than end of snout, oblique, simple with a small inner point but no cirrhi. No spiracles. Interorbital convex, subequal to snout. Pupil vertical, lenticular. Nictitating membrane thick. Eyes small, their anterior margins on level with middle of upper lip, their diameter more than length of nostril. Preoral lengt
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