SHARKS. 
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THE BASKING SHARK (sw. brcgden). 
CETORHINUS MAXIMUS. 
Fig. 331. 
Form of the head in old specimens fairly normal , ivith short , bluntly pointed , conical snout , in the young ( up to 
a length of 3 — 5 m.) contracted in front of the mouth into a semicylindrical, inferiorly flat forepart ( orbitorostral 
portion ), ivith dors ally pointed tip of the snout. The small spiracles situated high up, just behind the perpen- 
dicular from the corners of the mouth or further back , sometimes about lialf-way between the eyes and the top 
of the first gill- opening. Coloration above of a brownish or bluish black, underneath lighter, shading into white. 
The soft snout , with its numerous pores, reddish. 
Fig. 331. The Basking Shark ( Cetorhinus maximus ): A and B, a young specimen in the Museum of Genoa University, after Pavesi, 1 , 3 
nat. size; C , the specimen described by Blainville ( Squale pelerin, Nov. 21, 1810, Dieppe), about */ 54 nat. size, after Todd’s 
copy of Blainville’s figure. 
Scandinavian Fishes. 
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