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adult specimen of Chlamydoselachus captured by Kuma. This, like our specimens, is a 

 female. Its total length is about 1398 mm. {55 in.). It came to our attention too late to 

 receive more than incidental mention in various sections in this paper. 



As already stated, Japan has been in the past and is today the chief, and indeed the 

 . only dependable, source of supply of the frilled shark; nevertheless, as we shall now relate, 

 this shark has been taken from waters other than Japanese. 



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Text-figure 5 



The Japanese frilled shark, Chlamydoselachus anguineus. 



From a drawing in color by Ito, 1931. 



AT FUNCHAL, MADEIRA 



The first capture outside of Japanese waters was recorded by CoUett (1890). This 

 specimen, an eviscerated young female 610 mm. (24 in.) in total length, was found in a 

 small collection of fishes obtained (mainly by purchase from the fishermen) at Funchal, 

 Madeira, by the Prince of Monaco, in March, 1889. Unfortunately there is no record 

 of the depth from which this Chlamydoselachus was taken. It is notable as being the 

 smallest specimen ever captured. 



Collett stated that its length (610 mm., 24 in.) is approximate, and that it is 

 preserved in the collections of the Prince of Monaco. In Roule's paper (1912) on the 

 sharks preserved in the Musee Oceanographique (at Monaco), two specimens of Chlamy- 

 doselachus are listed. The source of one of these will be satisfactorily traced later, but of the 

 other Roule said "A female, length, 570 mm., source unknown." Despite the difference 

 (40 mm., 1.5 in.) in length, we consider this to be the Madeiran specimen. This disparity 

 in length may be explained by shrinkage due to long immersion (22 years) in alcohol and 

 by inaccurate measurement. However, the matter of greatest interest in connection with 

 this specimen is that its capture at Funchal demonstrated that Chlamydoselachus is not 

 confined to Japanese waters. 



ON THE ARCTIC COAST OF NORWAY 



In 1897 Collett again had an opportunity to describe a Chlamydoselachus from waters 

 other than those of Japan. This magnificent specimen, a female, was taken at a depth of 

 100-150 fathoms in the Varanger Fjord, on the Arctic coast of Norway, in August, 1896. 

 It was 1910 mm. (75.4 in., 6 ft. 3.4 in.) long over all; and it is second in size only to Dean's 

 largest fish (1960 mm.) also a female. CoUett's photograph of his fish is excellent and gives 



