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CAS-ICH 48413 Carcharodon carcharias   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Lamnidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 0/1/0 Prep Type - Preservative skeletal Other/Previous Number Size >12 ft.
Collector; Vessel Thompson  Field Number Z48413 Date Collected  
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country United States State California County
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity M Gear baited hook on set line
Locality Off Pigeon Point.
Latitude-Longitude   Bottom Type sandy
Acc. Number 1960-V:11 Specimen Remarks Shark jaws; '...estimate length of this shark as more than 12 ft. and the weight as somewhere in neighborhood of 1000 lbs.'
Collecting Event Remarks 'caught...about 25 years ago...'(from 1960).