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USNM_179117

Not suspect, not examined
Silky Shark – Carcharhinus falciformis
NS G3 NS SNR

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.83471° N, 97.04442° W (± 4000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusCarcharhinus
Speciesfalciformis

Collection Event

CollectorJ. Briggs
Collected Datenone

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
LocalityTexas, Port Aransas

Record Source

Source National Museum of Natural History (type: specimens)
Institution National Museum of Natural History (type: museum)
Curator Lynne Parenti
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count No data

Current Determination

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

Collecting Event

Collected July 1, 1962 – July 31, 1962
Collecting Event ID 5766
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Nueces, Texas
Name Vicinity of Port Aransas
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Corpus Christi Bay Frontal Corpus Christi Bay Frontal Corpus Christi Bay
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes
HUC 12 121102020200
Georeferencing Remarks Most species in this collection event are marine obligates. Point placed on jetty at beach and extents cover surf, bay and channel along Port Aransas
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
georeference June 30, 2021
Error: 4000
Remarks: Most species in this collection event are marine obligates. Point placed on jetty at beach and extents cover surf, bay and channel along Port Aransas
Locality: Vicinity of Port AransasCoordinates: -97.044419, 27.834714Georeferencer: Adam Cohen
Most species in this collection event are marine obligates. Point placed on jetty at beach and extents cover surf, bay and channel along Port Aransas
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 7/1/1962-7/31/1962
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Briggs, Jack C.
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: NA
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: Jack C. Briggs
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 7/1/1962-7/31/1962
georeference March 6, 2007
Error: 1670.49907199283Locality: Port AransasCoordinates: 27.830763142;-97.06169742Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas

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