RMMR5FT7–Taken from 'British Zoology' by Thomas Pennant, 1812
RMDHCJE1–Cetorhinus maximus Schlegel
RMJ30H01–Cetorhinus maximus
RMRNWC8T–Cetorhinus maximus.
RMRDPDHY–. Fishes. Fishes. 196 The True Sharks Family Cetorhiiiidse, or Basking Sharks.—The largest of all living sharks is the great basking shark {Cetorhinus maximus), constituting the family of Cetorhrnidce. This is the largest of all fishes, reaching a length of thirty-six feet and an enormous. Tig. 138.—Canharodon megalodon Charlesworth. (After Zittel.) Miocene. Family Lamnidce weight. It is a dull and sluggish animal of the northern seas, almost as inert as a sawlog, often floating slowly southward in pairs in the spring and caught occasionally by whalers for its liver. When caught, its huge flab
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RMC27MYH–19th Century book illustration, taken from 9th edition (1875) of Encyclopaedia Britannica, of Basking Shark
RMRDPDHP–. Fishes. Fishes. The True Sharks 197 an ordinary whaleboat. The basking shark is known on all northern coasts, but has most frequently been taken in the North Sea, and about Monterey Bay in California. From this locality specimens have been sent to the chief museums of Europe. In its external characters the basking shark has much in common with the man-eater. Its body is, however, rela-. FiG. 139.—Basking Shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunner). France. tively clumsy forward; its fins are lower, and its gill-openings are much broader, almost meeting under the throat. The great difference lies in t
RMGK68W0–51676 Basking Shark, Cetorhinus maximus (Gunner) France
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