MCZ Ichthyology S-421

Sphyrna zygaena

Date Collected:

1872-08-13/1872-08-14

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: Mexico | Magdalena Bay

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ich:S-421 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Sphyrna zygaena
Animalia Chordata Craniata Selachi Gnathostomata Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Galeomorphi Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae
Determiner: Ledger
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: [MUSE DETERMINER: Ledger]

Bigelow and Schroeder 1948, page 436, Voucher of Sphyrna zygaena doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7464 linked data icon
Between 510 and 1780 mm. Cited as 421.
Gilbert 1967, page 33, Voucher of Sphyrna zygaena

  • field number: HASS:MAGDAL
  • group number: 27
  • previous number: MCZ 421-S

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

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

  • None

  • None

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • Mexico
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Magdalena Bay
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Magdalena Bay
  • Habitat Description:
  • [SALINITY: M]
  • Georeference:
  • 24.6061370°, -112.03169° (Error radius: 24275m) By: Andrew D. Williston on 2014-03-14 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1872-08-13 / 1872-08-14
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Aug 13 1872; Aug 14 1872
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Belcher Point named specifically in J.H. Blake's Hassler Journal
  • Ich. Field Number:
  • HASS:MAGDAL
  • Collector:
  • Hassler Expedition

  • None

Media type: text; Ichthyology S-421; S-402; S-404; S-407; S-409; S-411; S-413; S-416; S-418; S-420; S-401; S-403; S-405; S-406; S-408; S-410; S-412; S-414; S-415; S-417; S-419; S-422; S-423; S-424; S-425 Description: MCZ Ichthyology Sharks sh-000001, pg.17;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Ich:S-421 Sphyrna zygaena Voucher to MCZ:I...

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