Xiphias gladius
date: label: Collection Date
content: 26 Sep 1878
name: label: Collector
content: United States Fish Commission
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Of Maine, Massachusetts Bay
notes: label: Notes
content: Note 1: The taxon listed in the ledger for this lot is "Sword of Ziphias gladius?." Note 2: "Length 41 millimeters" is written in the Measurement column. Note 3: "Taken from left nostril of Lamnia cornubica" is written in ledger remarks.
label: Notes
content: Sword or tip of sword? taken from the nose of Lamna cornubica. It is not clear at this time whether that shark is also in the collection.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Nov 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 7 M. S.S.E. of Eastern Pt. [Point], Massachusetts, United States, North Atlantic Ocean
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Xiphias gladius
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: 21699
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii, Neopterygii, Acanthopterygii, Perciformes, Scrombroidei, Xiphiidae
physicalDescription: label: Sword
content: 41 mm