Carcharhinus galapagensis
date: label: Collection Date
content: 24 May 1960
name: label: Collector
content: Ross Doe
label: Ocean/Sea/Gulf
content: North Atlantic Ocean
notes: label: Notes
content: 2 Teeth.
label: Notes
content: Note found with specimen: "Dear Dr. Schultz, Enclosed is a partly burned tooth of the shark which attached Louis Goran, Bermuda 1960 or 1961. It was removed from the jaw by Stan Waterman who over cooked the decayed mess, + given to me. Maybe it will add to the file on this case. Did you even receive the documentation which I sent last fall on 5 more cases? Sincerely R.F. McAllister SOFAR."
label: Notes
content: One of the teeth is attached to another note: " Tooth was charred + fell out of jaw when Waterman cleaned jaw- tooth arrived at Cornell broken. No mention made as to whether it came from upper or lower jaw- Perry G." The note also states the ID as "Carcharheinus obrcurus. ID by S. Springer". The note also states "from Carlton Ray + Mr. Waterman." Back of note: "tooth, from 9ft shark which attached Louis Goran, of Bermuda, coral beach, for details see case 714 shark attach file."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Jun 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bermuda, Coral Beach., Bermuda, North Atlantic Ocean
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content: Vertebrate Zoology
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content: Fishes
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Carcharhinus galapagensis
label: Published Name
content: Carcharhinus obscurus
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 232471
label: USNM Number
content: 195821
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes, Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Euselachii, Carcharhiniformes, Carcharhinidae
physicalDescription: label: Prep Count
content: 1
label: Prep Count
content: 7
label: Preparation
content: Dry Osteological Specimen
label: Preparation
content: Specimen Notes