. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. NOTES SLEEPER SHARK, SOMNIOSUS PACIFICUS, CAUGHT OFF FORT BRAGG, CALIFORNIA A male sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, L3 feel long, was taken by the drag boal Mart La Rocca, Captain Prank Davi, in a drag nel towed on the bottom, at a depth of 245 fathoms I 1,470 feel . wesl o£ Fori Bra California, May 12, 1952. It was not possible to obtain the weighl of this animal, but the tan-colored Liver weighed just 200 pounds. The largesl indi
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. NOTES SLEEPER SHARK, SOMNIOSUS PACIFICUS, CAUGHT OFF FORT BRAGG, CALIFORNIA A male sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, L3 feel long, was taken by the drag boal Mart La Rocca, Captain Prank Davi, in a drag nel towed on the bottom, at a depth of 245 fathoms I 1,470 feel . wesl o£ Fori Bra California, May 12, 1952. It was not possible to obtain the weighl of this animal, but the tan-colored Liver weighed just 200 pounds. The largesl individual previously recorded was 11 \ feel long, though the species is reputed to reach as much as 25 feet. The sleeper shark is found in the North Pacific, from Southern Cali- fornia to Japan. Reports of this shark along the < lalifornia eoasl are not. FIGURE 1. Sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, 13 feet long, caught in a drag net in 245 fathoms, west of Fort Bragg, California, May 12, 1952. Phofograph by J. B. Phillips. (147). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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