sex: both
length: female (2): 474, 475 mm TL, male (4): 324-524 mm TL
date vessel station: 1880, by D.S. Jordan
location: California, Monterey
FAO-area: 77
specimens: 6
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: Thirty-three specimens were originally listed in the USNM catalog ledger with a note stating that some had been exchanged to ZMUC. According to ZMUC records, they have one embryo or neonatal male (332 mm). In addition, one specimen was exchanged to MCZ 35949. The location of the remaining 25 specimens is unknown.