Plagiostomata of the Pacific. Pt. I. Fam. Heterodontidae / by N. de Miklouho-Maclay and William Macleay.
- Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay
- Date:
- [1878]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Plagiostomata of the Pacific. Pt. I. Fam. Heterodontidae / by N. de Miklouho-Maclay and William Macleay. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Heterodontus, Bl. Head short, high, with an elevated ridge over each eye. Two dorsal fins, each with a strong spine ; the anterior fin opposite the space between the pectoral and ventral fins, the posterior in advance of the anal. Nostrils and buccal cavity confluent. Mouth narrow, inferior, almost terminal. Spiracle small, below and behind the eye. Teeth alike in both jaws, numerous, pave- ment like, and convex, those in front small, and more or less tri-cuspid, those behind large, and much longer than broad. Heterodontus Phillipi. Port Jackson Shark, Phillipps, Voy., p. 283. Tabbigav? of the Sydney Aborigines. Squale Phillipp, Lacep. 1, p. 218. Squalus Phillippi, Bl. Schn., p. 134. Gestracion Phillipi, Cuv. Regm. Anim ; Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. 2, p. 79, Poiss. pi. 2; Mull, and Henle, p. 76. pi. 31; Schleg. Faun. Japon, Poiss., p. 304; Striiver, Nov. Act. Acad. Carol. Leopold, Nat. Cur. 23, 1864. Gestracion Philippi, Gunth. Cat. Brit. Mus. 8, p. 415. Heterodontus Phillipi, Blain. Nouv. Bull. Sc. 1816, p. 121 ; Gray, Catal. Chondropt, p. 65 ; Dum. Elasm, p. 424. Gestracion Zebra, Gray, Zool. Misc, p. 5 ; Richards, Ichth. Chin., p. 195. Heterodontus Zebra, Gray, Chondropt. p. 64 ; Bleek. Verb. Bat. Gen. 26, Nieu Nalez. Japan, p. 127, and Act. Soc. Sc. Neerl. 1, Amboyna, p. 71. General form elongate, subcylindrical, tapering gradually from the head. Height of head at the orbit, one-seventh of the total length of the fish ; length of head, from the snout to the first gill opening, one-sixth of the same, and equal to the length of the tail; profile, from the top of the head to the extremity, nearly straight, the slope being less than an angle of 45° from the vertical. The snout is rounded anteriorly, with the mouth and nostrils on the under surface, but nearly terminal. The upper lip occu- pies the whole width of the head, and is much divided. At oach [5]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22367913_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
