sex:  both 
	length:  female: 195 mm TL; male: 170 mm TL 
	date vessel station:  11.11.1951, sta 501 
	location:  Northern part of Gulf of Mexico 
	latitude:  27°51'30''N 
	longitude:  91°32'30''W 
	FAO-area:  31 
	depth:  402 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: Both specimens were originally part of USNM 160859.