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  THE 
  VERTEBRATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  Order 
  ELASMOBRANCHII. 
  

  

  Family 
  CHIMiERIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CHIMERA, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Chimeera 
  monstrosa, 
  Linn. 
  " 
  Arctic 
  Chimaera." 
  

   "King 
  of 
  the 
  Herrings." 
  "Rabbit-fish." 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  deep-sea 
  and 
  rather 
  rare 
  species 
  was 
  

   brought 
  into 
  our 
  harbour 
  in 
  1859." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  Four 
  females 
  were 
  brought 
  into 
  Aberdeen 
  Market 
  in 
  1891, 
  

   two 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  my 
  possession. 
  These 
  were 
  caught 
  by 
  

   trawl 
  160 
  miles 
  N.E. 
  of 
  Aberdeen, 
  in 
  sixty 
  fathoms 
  water 
  ; 
  

   since 
  which 
  time, 
  however, 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  have 
  been 
  

   landed 
  by 
  trawlers. 
  

  

  Sub-Order 
  PLAGIOSTOMATA. 
  

   Family 
  C 
  ARCH 
  ARIIDiE 
  . 
  

   Genus 
  CARCHARIAS, 
  Mull, 
  and 
  Henle. 
  

   Carcharias 
  glaucus, 
  Cuv. 
  Blue 
  Shark. 
  

  

  At 
  St. 
  Andrews, 
  "not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  the 
  Bay. 
  Captured 
  

   by 
  the 
  fishermen 
  in 
  the 
  salmon 
  nets." 
  (M'Intosh.) 
  "In 
  

   Montrose 
  Museum." 
  (Howden.) 
  He, 
  however, 
  neither 
  gives 
  

   locality 
  nor 
  date. 
  " 
  One 
  killed 
  at 
  Helmsdale, 
  November, 
  

   1834." 
  (Gordon, 
  Trans. 
  Wern. 
  Soc.) 
  

  

  " 
  Rare, 
  cast 
  ashore 
  near 
  Kintradwell 
  after 
  a 
  storm. 
  A 
  

   specimen 
  in 
  Dunrobin 
  Museum 
  is 
  dated 
  Kintradwell, 
  

   November, 
  1871." 
  (Harvie-Brown 
  and 
  Buckley.) 
  

  

  A 
  female 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  Shark, 
  five 
  feet 
  four 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  was 
  brought 
  into 
  Aberdeen 
  Market, 
  September 
  24th, 
  

   1895. 
  It 
  was 
  caught 
  by 
  line 
  180 
  miles 
  S.E. 
  of 
  Aberdeen, 
  

   which 
  would 
  indicate 
  close 
  proximity 
  to 
  the 
  Dogger 
  Bank. 
  

   The 
  specimen 
  was 
  bought 
  by 
  me 
  from 
  its 
  captors. 
  Its 
  

   stomach 
  contained 
  fragments 
  of 
  fish. 
  Having 
  cooked 
  a 
  

   portion 
  of 
  it, 
  the 
  record 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  that, 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  

   of 
  food, 
  the 
  Blue 
  Shark 
  is 
  very 
  good 
  indeed. 
  Since 
  the 
  

   above 
  date 
  several, 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  caught 
  within 
  our 
  

   limits, 
  have 
  been 
  landed 
  at 
  Aberdeen 
  Market. 
  

  

  