The known range of the basking shark is extended to the Gulf of Mexico by an adult female taken alive at Sarasota, Florida. Comparisons of some characters of the specimens are made with those of an adult male found in Drake's Bay, California and those of an immature specimen from the east
coast of Florida. Although the Sarasota specimen differs in denticle form and in some other respects from basking sharks of the eastern North Atlantic and elsewhere, it is provisionally identified as Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus), here regarded as the only extant species of its genus and family. Reasons for the presence of the Sarasota specimen in warm shallow water 190 km from the continental shelf edge are postulated.
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Stevenson, C. H.(United States Bureau of Fisheries, Department of Commerce, 1930-07-30)
This item is part of a series of correspondence, business records, and information relating to the manufacture and distribution of shark products. For a few years beginning in 1938, most of the shark products distributed ...
Hueter, Robert E.(Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL., 1999-05-05)
This report describes activities performed by the Center for Shark Research (CSR) at Mote Marine Laboratory from 1997 - 1998. The project includes shark field research primarily in coastal Mexican and Florida waters, of ...
This report summarizes research activities involving elasmobranchs, including different shark species and stingrays. Studies of biology, behavior, reproduction, feeding patterns and more were included in the report, as ...
