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CAS-ICH 26694 Carcharodon carcharias   [Catalog of Fishes]       ID by/date  Lamnidae
Counts (Alc/Skel/CS) 1/1/0 Prep Type - Preservative alc-75% EtOH; skeletal-DRY; dry-ETHYL/DRY Other/Previous Number Size 7'4.75" TL
Collector; Vessel Vella, P.; Chief Field Number PV 9-XI-59 Date Collected Nov. 9(?), 1959 
Continent/Ocean Pacific Ocean / NE Pacific Country United States State California County Marin Co.
Water Body Drainage Island Group Island
Depth Width Salinity Gear
Locality Stinson Beach.
Latitude-Longitude 37.894871°, -122.665474°; uncertainty: 2167 m (Source: FishNet Collaborative Georeferencing Project) Bottom Type
Acc. Number 1959-XI:15 Specimen Remarks Male, 224 lbs.; incorrect cat.# (26391) written on vertebral column segments; centra 56 & 57 loaned for destructive sampling; jaws, strip of skin, and vertebral column removed. Notes say in Tank 1 (remainder?)
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