. The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Fishes. SUPPLEMENT, 1888. 811 Page 723. Add Family—RHINODONTIDiE. Spiricales minute: no nictitating^ membrane. Gill-openings wide. Two spineless dorsal fins, the origin of the first somewhat in advance of the ventrals: the second small, placed nearly opposite the anal: lower caudal lobe well developed. A keel along the side of the tail. A pit at the root of the caudal fin. Genus 1.—Rhinodon, Smith. Definition as in the family. Mouth and nostrils near the extremit
. The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Fishes. SUPPLEMENT, 1888. 811 Page 723. Add Family—RHINODONTIDiE. Spiricales minute: no nictitating^ membrane. Gill-openings wide. Two spineless dorsal fins, the origin of the first somewhat in advance of the ventrals: the second small, placed nearly opposite the anal: lower caudal lobe well developed. A keel along the side of the tail. A pit at the root of the caudal fin. Genus 1.—Rhinodon, Smith. Definition as in the family. Mouth and nostrils near the extremity of the snout. Teeth small and conical. Gill-rakers similar to those of the basking-sha/rh of Northern seas. Oeographical distribution.—Ceylon and Seyclielles to the Cape of Good Hope. Specimens are said to have exceeded fifty and even seventy feet in length. It is a harmless form. Rhinodon ttpicus. Smith, lUus. S. African Fish, pi. 26; Muller and Henle, p. 77, t. xxxv, f. 2 (teeth); Dnmeril, Elasm. p. 428 ; Haly, Ann. and Mag. N. H. (5), xii, p. 48. Snout broad, flat, and short. Eyes—small. Upper jaw with a long labial fold. Colours—brownish, white dots and narrow transverse lines. Habitat.—One example recorded from the west coast of Page 725. Add 2. Gingltmostoma concoloe. Nebrius concolor, Riipp. N. W. Eisohe, p. 62, t. xvii, f. 2. Ginglymostoma concolor, Cantor, Mai. Fish. p. 395; Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 409; Klunz- Synopsis F. R. M. 1871, p. 672. Ginglymostoma ruppellii, Bleeker, Verh. Bat. Gen. xxiv, Plagios. p. 91; Dnmeril, Elasm. p. 334. Snout short. The nasal cirrus nearly reaches the lower lip. Teeth—in three rows, with one central and four or five lateral cusps, having serrated edges. Fins—dorsal,, pectoral, and anal fins with pointed angles. Second dorsal much smaller than the first, and placed nearly opposite to but larger than the anal. Caudal fin one-third of the total length. Habitat.—Bed Sea, through those of India to the Malay Arc
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