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SO - 39 Squalus melanurus

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ID

Species ID No.	1004
Collection Code	SO
Collection No.	39
Genus	Squalus
Species	melanurus
Common Name	Blacktailed spurdog
ID Verified	Yes
ID Verified By	H. Ralicki, J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Squaliformes
Family	Squalidae
ID Notes	skin patch taken

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
03/25/2012	Created	J. Caira, K. Jensen
06/15/2014	Modified
06/02/2015	Modified	J. Caira
06/14/2015	Modified	J. Caira
08/14/2016	Modified	J. Caira
07/29/2024	Modified	J. Caira

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	?

Maturity	mature	Freshness	fresh
PCL (cm)		Disk Length (cm)
Fork Length (cm)	55	Disk Width (cm)

Total Length (cm)

61.5

Host Specimen Necropsied

Host Specimen Deposition

Saved Entire	No
Accession No.

Host DNA

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

Host Notes

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	3/25/12
Collected By	J. Caira, K. Jensen
Source of Specimen	Harry at fishing platform
Collection Method	handline
Collection Depth (m)	~230m
Country	Solomon Islands
Ocean	Pacific Ocean
Body of Water/River	Solomon Sea
River Basin
Island(s)	Ghizo
State/Province	Western Province
City
Coordinates	8°2'58.95" S, 156°50'32.11" E
Decimal Degree Latitude
Decimal Degree Longitude

Associated Parasites

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