Volume 1

The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford. Fishes. VolsI & II / by Francis Day.

Date:
1889
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Credit: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma / edited by W.T. Blanford. Fishes. VolsI & II / by Francis Day. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SCXLLIIJJiE. nets, from which great injury occurs. The egg.s are somewhat similar to those of the rays. The skins form fine shagreen. Geo<jraj)hical Bislributioii. Tropical and temperate seas. Synopsis of Indian Species. Nasal valves confluent, with a single transverse uuinterriipted flap and a well-developed labial fold 1- niannoratuin, p. 31. Nasal valves separated from one another hy a considerable interspace 2. ^S. capense, p. 31. 32. (1.) Scylliuin marmoratum. (Fig. 11.) Scylliiim marmoratum, Bennett, Life of Sir S. Raffles, p. 693; Day, 'Fish. India, p. 724, pi. cxc, fig. 2 (see syuon.). Fig. 11.— Scyllium marmoratum. Length of the snout equals the width of the mouth. Nasal valves confluent in the form of a single hroad flap, with a free posterior edge, and no cirrus. A well-developed labial fold. GiU- openings as wide as the orbit. Teeth—small. Fins—the first dorsal commences just behind the ventral; the second dorsal slightly larger than the first, and has the anal beneath its anterior one half or two thirds. Colour—of a tawny browu, becoming lighter beneath. Lines of spots, some of which occasionally become con- fluent, exist along the body; there may also be bands or ocelli. Hah. Seas of India, where it is rare, to the Malay Archipelago. 33. (2.) Scyllium capense. Scyllium capense (Smith), Miiller i§- Henle, Flayios. p. 11; Day, Fish. India, T^. 724, pi. cxc, fig. 1 (see synon.). Snout obtuse. Nasal valves distinct, separated from one another by a considerable interspace, and having no prominent cu-rus. No labial fold to the upper jaw, but a short one on the lower. Gill- openings narrow, not so wide as the orbit. TeetJi—minute. Fins —the first dorsal is inserted rather nearer to the aual than to the base of the ventral; the second dorsal situated entirely behind the anal. Colour—brown, lightest beneath. Body with light vertical bands and some white blotches. Hah. An Indian example, about 40 inches in length, is in the British Museum.