Australian Museum Journal Studies in ichthyology. No. 10
- Shortform:
- Whitley, 1937, Rec. Aust. Mus. 20(1): 3–24
- Author(s):
- Whitley, Gilbert P.
- Year published:
- 1937
- Title:
- Studies in ichthyology. No. 10
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 20
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 3
- End page:
- 24
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.20.1937.563
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plate ii
- Date published:
- 15 May 1937
- Cover date:
- 15 May 1937
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES
- Digitized:
- 13 May 2009
- Available online:
- 16 July 2009
- Reference number:
- 563
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (93kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (2748kb PDF)
Abstract
[Excerpt from first page] This species is the true Grey Nurse Shark of Australia, which has not hitherto been figured from a fresh specimen. "Whilst on holidays at Bateman's Bay, New South Wales, in March, 1936, I saw a number of specimens caught by Mr. Zane Grey and his associates and also by local fishermen. The largest was about 9 ft. 9 in. over all, and was dirty pale brownish in colour; the smallest specimen was pale grey, with irregular light rusty spots. A specimen utilized by Mr. Grey in his cinema film was selected for drawing, and had the following characters: Etc.