Scyliorhinus meadi Springer, 1966 USNM 188049 Holotype
sex: male
age: immature
length: 247 mm TL
date vessel station: 26.01.1962, taken at M/V Silver Bay station 3711
location: off Cape Kennedy, Florida
latitude: 28°21'N
longitude: 79°51'W
FAO-area: 31
depth: 329 m
specimens: 1
remarks: Ref.: HOWE, J.C. & SPRINGER, V.G. (1993) Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (540): i-iii, 1-19:
Scyliorhinus meadi Springer, 1966 USNM 188050 Paratype
sex: both
age: immature
length: female: 230 mm TL, male: 178 mm TL
date vessel station: 26.01.1962, taken at M/V Silver Bay station 3711
location: off Cape Kennedy, Florida
latitude: 28°21'N
longitude: 79°51'W
FAO-area: 31
depth: 329 m
specimens: 2
remarks: Ref.: HOWE, J.C. & SPRINGER, V.G. (1993) Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (540): i-iii, 1-19: Springer (1966:600) stated under "Additional material examined" that the species is known only from the holotype, two immature females [USNM 188050] from the same station as the holotype, an immature male [location unknown] from Silver Bay station 2475, and an immature male [USNM 188051] from Combat station 51. The specimens other than the holotype are here considered to be paratypes.
Scyliorhinus meadi Springer, 1966 USNM 188051 Paratype
sex: male
age: immature
length: 191 mm TL
date vessel station: 19.08.1956, Combat, sta. 51
location: Florida, St. Augustine
latitude: 29°44'N
longitude: 80°12'W
FAO-area: 31
depth: 338 m
specimens: 1
remarks: Ref.: HOWE, J.C. & SPRINGER, V.G. (1993) Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (540): i-iii, 1-19: Springer (1966:600) stated under "Additional material examined" that the species is known only from the holotype, two immature females [USNM 188050] from the same station as the holotype, an immature male [location unknown] from Silver Bay station 2475, and an immature male [USNM 188051] from Combat station 51. The specimens other than the holotype are here considered to be paratypes.