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such a natural representation that we have reproduced it here as Figure 3 of plate I. As 

 our bibliography shows, Collett has referred to this capture and has described this fish in 

 various publications (1897- 1- 1897-2, 1905). This same specimen has been described also 

 by Grieg in a popular paper published in 1897- His figure, however, is a poor reproduc' 

 tion of Giinther's (1887) drawing (see our Figure 1, plate I). A year later (1898) Palmen 

 published what is practically a review of Collett's account. The fish, partly dissected, 

 is preserved in the zoological museum ol Christiania (Oslo) University. 



IN THE BAY OF BISCAY 



In 1914 Pellegrin and Lopp6 made known the capture in the Gulf of Gascony near 

 Rochelle of a large specimen 1490 mm. (58.75 in.) long over all. This fish (sex not noted) 

 was brought in fresh to the Museum Fleuriau at Rochelle, and a mount was made of it. 

 The depth at which it was taken was not ascertained, but the authors infer that it must 

 have been not more than 200 meters since the fishing there is not done below that depth. 

 This is the only known capture of this archaic shark in French waters. 



OFF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA 



There are now to be noted four captures of Chlamydoselachus in waters adjacent 

 to Spain and Portugal. This is interesting because nowhere else, outside of Japanese waters, 

 do we find so many captures recorded within waters of equal extent. The first of these 

 was put on record by Carlos de Braganga, King of Portugal, in 1904. This specimen was a 

 male, 920 mm. (36.25 in.) long, taken off Cezimbra, Portugal. It was caught by the fisher- 

 men on a hook and line at a depth of about 580 meters (1790 ft.) in July, 1900. According 

 to Pellegrin and Lopp6 (1914), this specimen was presented by the king to the Museum 

 d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, where it now is. Unfortunately no figure of it was made. 

 It is one of the smallest specimens ever taken. 



Three years later, Bolivar put on record (1907.1, .2) the capture of a frilled shark off 

 Corunna, Spain, in the summer of 1906. The sex of this specimen is not noted in the text, 

 but BoHvar's photograph (our Figure 4, plate I) shows that it is a male. Its length was 

 1140 mm., or 45 inches. No statement is made as to the depth at which it was taken, but 

 it was captured by Sr. Estaban Bertrand some distance from land and evidently in fairly 

 deep water. This fish was presented by Sr. Bertrand to the Prince of Monaco, in whose 

 museum it is preserved. It is the first specimen listed by Roule (1912), who gives its length 

 as 1240 mm. instead of 1140, the source as Corunna, and notes it as a gift but does not 

 state the giver's name. 



Last of all for Spanish waters, Luis Bertrand (1926) recorded two new specimens. 

 Referring to the 1140'mm. male specimen listed from Corunna in 1906 by Bolivar, he 

 stated that a female 1121 mm. (44.1 in.) long "was captured two months later at exactly 

 the same place" by Sr. E. Bertrand. The second Chlamydoselachus was taken off San 

 Sebastian on Dec. 15, 1925. This specimen was a female, 1860 mm. (73.25 in.) long. It is, 

 then, so far as available records go, the third largest specimen ever taken. Bertrand did 





