Description of a new species of shark

During the month I had brought to the Museum a peculiar-looking fish, having been found washed up on the beach at Bruny Island. On examination it proved to be a species of Centrina ; at first I was inclined to believe it was C. salviani, but on closer examination it seemed to differ.' A specimen of C. salviani having been found off the coast of New Zealand some few years back, I had a photo, of the Tasmanian specimen sent to Professor Hutton, F.R.S., Curator Canterbury Museum, Christchurch. Professor Hutton wrote, stating that, judging from the photo., he was inclined to think that the Tasmanian Centrina differed from the one in New Zealand, which he considered was Centrina salviani. Before finally deciding on making a new species, Mr. Ogilby, the able Ichthiologist of the Australian Museum, kindly undertook to compare the Tasmanian shark with the C. salviani in the Sydney Museum