. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. SHARKS AND BAT STINGRAYS IN SAN FRANCIS* 0 BAY 327 Since little information is available on sevengill sharks, there are presented in Figure 145 the weight-length data for 61 of the specimens examined. SIXGILL SHARK, HEXANCHUS GRISEUS One of the two rarities taken during the derby fishing was a young femalesixgill shark with a weighl of 20^ pounds and a length of 1290 mm. (50| inches). It was caughl by Mr. .lack Morris of San Francisco
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. SHARKS AND BAT STINGRAYS IN SAN FRANCIS* 0 BAY 327 Since little information is available on sevengill sharks, there are presented in Figure 145 the weight-length data for 61 of the specimens examined. SIXGILL SHARK, HEXANCHUS GRISEUS One of the two rarities taken during the derby fishing was a young femalesixgill shark with a weighl of 20^ pounds and a length of 1290 mm. (50| inches). It was caughl by Mr. .lack Morris of San Francisco at a location in the channel one-half way between Eunter Point and Coyote Point. The catch was made in 35 feel of water with sardine bait. There is a single published record for San Francisco Bay; Evermann (1929, p. 348) listed "two fishes {Hexanchus corinus) from Sausalito, Califor- nia. "' These were caughl a1 Peterson "> Boa1 I [ouse on July 14. 1928, and presented to the Academy by the fisherman (Cat. Xo. 21*3 . n March 19, l!)4o, Mr. Donald Simpson. Aquatic (iollector for Steinharl Aquarium, caughl a 670 nun. (26| inches male sixgill shark at the intake of the Pacific Gas and Electric plant in San Francisco (CAS Cat. No. 11615 To our knowledge the Largest shark ever caughl in San Francisco Bay was a Mil pound sixgill. This ll-foo1 specimen was taken during July, 1928, by Mr. K. C. Pell of San Francisco Figure 146). The catch was. Figure 146. The largest shark known from San Francisco Bav—a sixgill caught near Sausalito by Mr. R. C. Pell, July, 1928 < 11 feet and 464 pounds) made at Yellow Bluff which is about one-half mile inside of Golden Gate Bridge near Sausalito. The recorded range on the Pacific Coast for the sixgill shark is from northern British Columbia to Southern California (Roedel and Ripley, 1950, p. 40). In addition to the Pacific Coast the sixgill shark has an extremely wide range, being known from both sides of the Atlantic, the Medi
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