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39647

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Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Rhincodontidae
Species: Rhincodon typus   valhaj
Cat No: NRM 39647. N=1
Determiner: Lönnberg, E 1932
Length:
Preparation: Skin
Continent/Ocean: Central America
Country: MEXICO State/Province: Guerrero
District: Municipality:
River Drainage: Lake Basin:
Ocean: Pacific Ocean
Locality: off Acapulco
Field Number: HULTEN-31DEC31
Leg: Hultén E et al
Date: 31 Dec 1931

Object remarks: Previously mounted in NRM exhibition. Skin removed and model discarded in first half of 1980s. See also Lönnberg, E, 1933, Fauna & Flora 28: 97-104. Skin stored in the attic.
Locality remarks: Collectors: H Fröderström & E Hultén. Arrived via J H Graffman.

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