The ?iatural History of the Frilled Shar\ 



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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION 



In bringing together the scattered data setting forth the distribution of the rare 

 shark, Chlamydoselachus, it seems best to present the records for each region in chrou' 

 ological order. These regions are few outside of Japan. 



IN JAPANESE WATERS 



As we have seen, Doderlein's two specimens came from Tokyo Bay in 1881, but 

 Carman's fish (1884) is merely labelled "habitat, Japanese seas." For many years there- 

 after, these waters were the sole source of this rare and remarkable shark, and indeed to 

 this day, so far as we have been 

 able to ascertain, with one ex- 

 ception all the specimens upon 

 which anatomical work has been 

 done have come from Japan. 



In this connection it may 

 be well to state that, although 

 the specimen described by Car- 

 man was an eviscerated female, 

 he has given in the papers above 

 mentioned and in later publica- 

 tions (all of which are listed in 

 our bibliography) the most com- 

 prehensive account of the fun- 

 damental structures of the fish, 

 and in our judgment a sounder 

 discussion of its affinities than 

 any writer who has followed 

 him. These were based not only 

 on the fish above mentioned but 

 on a later specimen (a female 

 1345 mm., 53 in. long) brought 



Text-figure 1 

 The first published figure of Chlamydoselachus anguineus. In this 

 drawing, the head and tail are shown in lateral view, but the body 

 is twisted in order to give a dorsal view of both pelvic fins and 

 a latero-ventral view of both pectoral fins. The tail is abnormal. 

 In separate drawings, the head is portrayed in both dorsal and 

 ventral views. A tooth is shown in oblique front and lateral 

 aspects. The size is that of the original figure. 

 After Garman, 1884.1, .2. 



to the Museum of Comparative Zoology from Japan in 1887 by a Japanese graduate stu- 

 dent, Saitaro Goto. From this specimen, Garman corrected his error about the tail and 

 confirmed certain unusual structures described from his first fish. Garman had two draw- 

 ings made of his first specimen. His first (1884.1) was the outline reproduced as our Text- 

 figure 1. His second (1885.1) was a more finished picture, as may be seen in our Figure 16, 

 plate V. These two drawings are the first figures of Chlamydoselachus ever published. 



The next capture of this shark was recorded by Giinther in his report on the deep-sea 

 fishes collected by the Challenger (1887). His three specimens were taken in deep water 

 in Yeddo Bay off Tokyo. His splendid figure, probably the best today, is reproduced 



