. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. ELASMOBHAX (11 EGG-CASES 281. FIGURE by D. H. Fry, Jr., 7950 BROWN CAT SHARK Apristurus brunneus (Gilbert) The brown eat shark's egg-ease is the smallest of any of the egg-laying Californian elasmobranchs. The main body, exclusive of the tendrils, is rounded, about 2 inches long, and approximately inches wide. The brownish, translucent case contains a single egg or embryo. According to De Lacy and Chapman (1935), th
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. ELASMOBHAX (11 EGG-CASES 281. FIGURE by D. H. Fry, Jr., 7950 BROWN CAT SHARK Apristurus brunneus (Gilbert) The brown eat shark's egg-ease is the smallest of any of the egg-laying Californian elasmobranchs. The main body, exclusive of the tendrils, is rounded, about 2 inches long, and approximately inches wide. The brownish, translucent case contains a single egg or embryo. According to De Lacy and Chapman (1935), the least length, not including the tendrils, ranges from 52 to 56 mm, averaging approximately mm, the greatest width, from 22 to 25 mm, averaging about mm. A slight neckline constriction about a third of the distance from the anterior end gives the case the characteristic vase shape of tlie family Scyliorhinidae. The anterior end is truncate, the posterior end con- tracted to a blunt rounded tip. A rounded flange runs along the lateral edges for the entire length and is extended both anteriorly and poster- iorly into a long, coiled tendril which gradually tapers to a thin distal 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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