MCZ Ichthyology S-1159

Sphyrna zygaena

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2000-03-01

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Northwest: Gulf of Maine: United States: Massachusetts | Nahant, Massachusetts Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:S-1159 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Sphyrna zygaena
Animalia Chordata Craniata Selachi Gnathostomata Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Galeomorphi Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae
Determiner: Bruce B. Collette; Karsten E. Hartellinked data icon
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Collette_Bruce B, Hartel_KE/1979]

Bigelow and Schroeder 1948, page 437, Figured of Sphyrna zygaena doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7464 linked data icon
Female, 687 mm. Figured head, teeth, denticles, dorsal, and anal fins. Cited as 1159.
Gilbert 1967, page 32, Figured of Sphyrna zygaena Fig. 8 (juvenile female, 687 mm TL), Also figured on p. 34, Fig. 9 (head, teeth and denticles of same specimen in Figure 8) (AWE).

  • field number: LA:NAHANT
  • group number: 27
  • previous number: MCZ 1159-S; 77

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin sample (dry) fair in collection 1 History
Remarks: mixed with samples from S-393, S451
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [no agent data]

  • None

  • Dried skin.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Northwest
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Maine
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Nahant, Massachusetts Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Nahant [Massachusetts Bay]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 42.4112905°, -70.888595° (Error radius: 5037m) By: Andrew D. Williston on 2007-01-03 (Source: N/A)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2000-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • LA:NAHANT
  • Collector:
  • Louis Agassizlinked data icon

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology S-1166; S-1152; S-1154; S-1157; S-1159; S-1161; S-1162; S-1163; S-1165; S-1167; S-1168; S-1169; S-1170; S-1171; S-1172; S-1173; S-1174; S-1175; S-1151; S-1153; S-1156; S-1158; S-1160; S-1155; S-1164 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Sharks sh-000001, pg.47;

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