. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 259 NEW SHARKS AND FISHES FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Part 4. By Gilbert P. Whitley, (Contribution from The Australian Museum.) (Plates xxiv-xxv and text-figs. 1-7.) Family Triakidae. Fur ventralis Whitley, 1943. (Figs. 1-2.) Fur ventralis, Whitley, Rec. S. Austr. Mus., vii, 1943, p. 397, and Austr. Zool., x, 1944, p. 259, fig. 5. Bunbury, The Whiskery Shark was one of several new species of sharks encountered in Western Australia during investigations for the Division of Fisheries, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
. The Australian zoologist. Zoology; Zoology; Zoology. 259 NEW SHARKS AND FISHES FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Part 4. By Gilbert P. Whitley, (Contribution from The Australian Museum.) (Plates xxiv-xxv and text-figs. 1-7.) Family Triakidae. Fur ventralis Whitley, 1943. (Figs. 1-2.) Fur ventralis, Whitley, Rec. S. Austr. Mus., vii, 1943, p. 397, and Austr. Zool., x, 1944, p. 259, fig. 5. Bunbury, The Whiskery Shark was one of several new species of sharks encountered in Western Australia during investigations for the Division of Fisheries, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. I measured and opened more than fifty freshly-caught specimens of which males and females were about equally represented. In 1943 and 1944 I saw about one hundred examples of Fur ventralis in the Perth Markets, where they comprised between 4% and 5% of the total sharks offered for sale. The departmental returns of the Fisheries Inspectors at Bunbury for the Bunbury and Busselton area specified Whiskery Sharks from 1943 onwards and show that a few examples are caught throughout the summer months, increasing if anything in October and November. Fur ventralis comprised 50% of the 1943 Bunbury Sharks caught (92 caught) whilst 187 (9%) were mentioned in the 1944 Fig. 1.—Whiskery Shark, Fur ventralis Whitley. Head and skull of a 19-lb. female from Two People Bay, Western Australia. No. 1, ventral surface. No. 2, dorsal surface with skull in situ. No. 3, ventral view of anterior portion of skull. No. 4, lateral view of skull. G. P. Whitley 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 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales; Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Proceedings. [Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales]
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