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TNHCi_27423

Not suspect, not examined
Dusky Shark – Carcharhinus obscurus
NS G3 NS SNR

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 26.88559° N, 97.03702° W (± 30000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCarcharhinus
Speciesobscurus

Specimen

Num Specimens1

Collection Event

CollectorHildebrand
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Locality60-70 m. S. of Port Aransas

Record Source

Source Texas Natural History Collections (type: specimens)
Institution Texas Natural History Collections (type: museum)
Curator Dean Hendrickson
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified March 23, 2026
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count 1

Current Determination

Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus Carcharhinus obscurus
Determiner Fishes of Texas staff
Determination Date Unknown
Determination Type Unspecified
Identification Comments None
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Jan. 1, 1947 – Dec. 31, 1975
Collecting Event ID 26978
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Unknown
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC —
Georeferencing Remarks Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project. | GBIF latlong_remarks:
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 30000
Remarks: Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project.
Coordinates: -97.037018, 26.885587
Georeference error, notes (if available) and coordinates extracted from GBIF (Sept2017) for FoTX Project.
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 1/1/1947-12/31/1975
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Hildebrand, Henry H.
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: Not flagged for specimen examination. By default we accept donor specimen determinations (after synonymization to our taxonomy). If georeferenced to TX this record has been considered in spatial context with other occurences of this species and accepted as correct.
ID Comments: NANot Georeferenced Because: Marine
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Henry H. Hildebrand
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 1/1/1947-12/31/1975
georeference March 29, 2007
Coordinates: ;Georeferencer: JLGeographic note: Marine USA Texas

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