. Zoological Society bulletin . been known from suchwidely separated regions as the Indian Ocean,Bay of Panama, Gulf of California and thecoast of Japan. It was first described byDr. Andrew Smith in 1829, from a specimentaken at the Cape of Good Hope. Like the great basking shark its teeth aresmall and quite useless for offensive purposes;in this species they are very numerous but extremely minute. It isquite different in apearancefrom most other sharks,having a blunt head withthe mouth placed well for-ward instead of underneaththe head as is usually thecase. The eyes are smalland are placed l
. Zoological Society bulletin . been known from suchwidely separated regions as the Indian Ocean,Bay of Panama, Gulf of California and thecoast of Japan. It was first described byDr. Andrew Smith in 1829, from a specimentaken at the Cape of Good Hope. Like the great basking shark its teeth aresmall and quite useless for offensive purposes;in this species they are very numerous but extremely minute. It isquite different in apearancefrom most other sharks,having a blunt head withthe mouth placed well for-ward instead of underneaththe head as is usually thecase. The eyes are smalland are placed low, nearthe corner of the gill slits are unusuallylarge. This species iscovered with round whitespots, most numerous onthe head. An interesting accountof the Whale Shark byB. A. Bean, will be foundin Smithsonian Miscellan-eous Collections, Vol. 48,1905. As observed in various parts of theworld, it is sluggish and in no way large size alone renders it difficult to cap-ture. Captain Thompsons specimen was. WHALE SHARK. FLORIDA. 1913 1048 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN Mammals W. T. HoRNADAY. Brpartmrnta: ReptilesRaymond L. Ditmaks BirdsC. William S. Aquarium C. H. TOWNSEND. Raymond C. Osblhn Published bi-monthly at the Office of the Wall Street, New York City. Yearly by Mail, $ MAILED FREE TO MEMBERS. Copyright, 1913, by the Netv York Zoological Society. Each author is responsible for the scientific accuracy and the proof reading of his contribution. Elwin R. Sanborn, Editor. Vol. XVI. No. 60. NOVEMBER, 1913 killed after much use of the harpoon and thefiring-of innumerable bullets. An ordinarywhaling ship, of course, would have disposedof it in .short order. The smaller photograph was kindly fur-nished by Mr. Joseph N. Beck of Long Kev,Florida, DESTRUCTION OF FISHES BY ALG^ It is well known fact that in midsummerthere arc often great losses of fish life in smalllakes and ponds. This is due to th
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