. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 126 CALIFORNIA FISH AND CAME A NEW RECORD-SIZE BONITO SHARK, ISURUS OXYRIN- C//6'5RAFINESQUE, FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA On August 28, 1972, Joseph Gorgita harpooned a large bonito shark 5 nniles south of the west end of Anacapa Island (Figure 1). William Walker and John Prescott of Marineland of the Pacific informed me of this catch. Mr. Gorgita donated the specimen to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM 32667).. FIC
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 126 CALIFORNIA FISH AND CAME A NEW RECORD-SIZE BONITO SHARK, ISURUS OXYRIN- C//6'5RAFINESQUE, FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA On August 28, 1972, Joseph Gorgita harpooned a large bonito shark 5 nniles south of the west end of Anacapa Island (Figure 1). William Walker and John Prescott of Marineland of the Pacific informed me of this catch. Mr. Gorgita donated the specimen to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM 32667).. FICURE 1. Isurus oxyrinchus, an 11 -ft, 5-inch bonito shark, LACM 32667. Taken by Joseph Gorgita off Anacapa Island. Photograph by Larry Reynolds. The bonito shark caught by Mr. Gorgita was a female with a total length of 11 ft, 5 inches (3,507 mm). It weighed 1,030 lb (468 kg) at Port Hueneme 28 hr after capture. On the day of capture at 1215 hours, a swordfish harpoon was driven into the head of the shark, just behind the chondrocranium. The fish struggled fiercely for 30 min. Then a 30 lb weight and buoy were attached to the line, and the struggle continued for lYi hr before the shark was subdued and landed at 1515 hours. The following table of measurements (Table 1) compares this specimen to a previously reported bonito shark (Applegate 1966). In both specimens, original measurements were taken in inches converted to millimeters. After a careful search of LACM 32667, no spiracle was found, therefore, spiracle measurements were omitted. The proportions are given as the percentage of the length to the upper caudal origin. Except for five measurement lengths (snout, mouth width, length of the base of the second dorsal fin, length of the anterior margin of the pectoral fin, and trunk width), it is evident that the Anacapa /sums is larger in most respects than the Catalina /surus. The different snout length could represent possible individual variation, as could the length of the
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