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MX - 63 Carcharhinus falciformis

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ID

Species ID No.	174
Collection Code	MX
Collection No.	63
Genus	Carcharhinus
Species	falciformis
Common Name	Silky shark
ID Verified	Yes
ID Verified By	H. Ralicki, J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Carcharhiniformes
Family	Carcharhinidae
ID Notes

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
01/25/2017	Created	F. Concha
01/25/2017	Modified	F. Concha Toro
03/06/2017	Modified	J. Caira
07/19/2017	Modified	J. Caira

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	male

Maturity	immature	Freshness	fresh
PCL (cm)		Disk Length (cm)
Fork Length (cm)		Disk Width (cm)

Total Length (cm)

120

Host Specimen Necropsied

Yes

Host Specimen Deposition

Saved Entire	No
Accession No.

Host DNA

DNA Samples Saved	Yes
DNA Samples Deposition	UConn
ND2 Data Generated
ND2 Sequence Data
GenBank No.
Cophylogeny Specimen	Yes

Host Notes

Left clasper 4 cm; Right clasper 4 cm

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	09/15/2016
Collected By	F. Concha, Ana Guzm‡n
Source of Specimen	artisanal fishermen
Collection Method	Long line
Collection Depth (m)	50
Country	Mexico
Ocean	Pacific
Body of Water/River
River Basin
Island(s)
State/Province	Chiapas
City	Pared—n
Coordinates	16° 3'12.87" N, 93°52'21.25" W
Decimal Degree Latitude
Decimal Degree Longitude

Associated Parasites

Parasites	10% NBF	95% EtOH	10% NBF Picked
Valve	Yes	No
Sift	No	No
Worms	No	No	n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 0 )
Parasite Notes