. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. OCCURRENCE OF THE BRAMBLE SHARK (ECHINORHINUS BRUCUS) IN CALIFORNIA^ By Carl L. Hubbs Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California and Frances N. Clark Bureau of Marine Fisheries California Division of Fish and Game On the basis of a photograph of a 62-iiieh, lOU-pouiid specimen caught off Santa Barbara, California, in July, 1939, it has been suspected by California ichthyologists that the very rare but wide-ran
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. OCCURRENCE OF THE BRAMBLE SHARK (ECHINORHINUS BRUCUS) IN CALIFORNIA^ By Carl L. Hubbs Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California and Frances N. Clark Bureau of Marine Fisheries California Division of Fish and Game On the basis of a photograph of a 62-iiieh, lOU-pouiid specimen caught off Santa Barbara, California, in July, 1939, it has been suspected by California ichthyologists that the very rare but wide-ranging bramble shark, Echinorhinus hruciis (Bonnaterre), occurs along the California coast. Since the shark was not preserved and the head had obviously been mutilated by an injury that had healed, and since this species had never been reported from near California, the identification did not seem assured and the record has not been published. This strange shark was examined and photographed at the shark processing plant at Moss Landing, California, by a fish and game warden, Charles Holtz- hauser, who gave the notes and picture to Robert D. Byers, then on the research staff of the Bureau of Marine Fisheries. The data were then referred to Dr. George S. Myers of Stanford University, who made the identification on the basis of the photograph. ' «^5?#BSWW*^~ .-"«*». Fig. 16. Bramble shark six feet five inches long, caught off Los Angeles County in 1944: the first record for the eastern Pacific. Photograph taken by Donald H. Fry, Jr., from fresh specimen on day of capture. The occurrence of the bramble shark in California is now definitely confirmed. On August 21, 1944, Capt. John DiMeglio of the boat "Arc- turus" took a specimen more than six feet long near Point Vicente in Los Angeles County. It was caught in a gill-net that was set in 50 to 55 fathoms off Portuguese Bend (approximate position: Lat. 33° ' N., Long. 118° ' W.). Not recognizing the kind,
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