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THE BASKING SHARK (sw, maoDEN). 

 CETOIMII.NUS MAXIMl'S. 



Fig. 331. 



Form of the head hi old specimens fairly normal, with short, hlunthj poinded, conical snout, in the younrf {up to 

 a lenyth of .? — 5 m.) contracted in front of the mouth info o scmici/Iindrical, inferiorly flat forepart {orbit orostral 

 liiirtioii), irith diirsally pointed tipi of the snout. The small spiracles situated hiijh up. Just behind the perpen- 

 dicular from the corners of the mouth or further back, sometimes about half-Kay between the eyes and the top 

 of the first giU-opening. Coloration above of a brownish or bluish black, underneath lighter, shading into tvhite. 



The soft snout, with its numerous pores, reddish. 



Fig. 331. Tlic Basking Sliark (Cetor/imus maximns): A and i?, a youn.<r specimen in the Museum of Genoa University, after Pavesi, ',3 

 nat. size; C, the specimen described by Bl.u.sville (&]iiale pelerin, Nov. 21, 1810. Dieppe), about '5, nat. size, after Todd's 



copy of Bl.^invii.le's figure. 



Scandinavian fishe 



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