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herein reproduced as Figure 124. The dimensions of this shark 

 will be given in the section on size. 



In his New Natural History, Vol. V (1901), Richard Lyd- 

 deker, under the heading "Basking Shark, Rhmeodon typicus," 

 gives some general data, and his figure on page 2903 is only 

 a fair adaptation of Smith's figure (1849). 



In the Zoologischer Anzeiger, 1901, Kamakichi Kishinouye of 

 the Imperial Fisheries Bureau, Tokyo, Japan, gives a descrip- 



FIG. 125. LATERAL VIEW OF R. pentalineattts (Figure 118). 

 After Kishinouye (1901). 



tion of what he makes out to be a new species of Rhineodon. 

 However, Doctor Gill (1902) thinks it R. typus. Omitting the 

 description of the teeth (to be given later), the following is 

 the interesting account of this fish given by the Japanese ich- 



FIG. 126. FRONTAL VIEW OF R. pentalineaius (Figure 119). 

 After Kishinouye (1901). 



thyologist, while Figures 125 and 126 are lateral and frontal 

 views copied from his paper : 



"On 10th of June, 1901, a rare and gigantic shark was caught 

 by drift net off Cape Inubo. Mr. Tsuratame Oseko who keeps 



