Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Carcharhinus cautus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Whitley, 1945)

  • Preferred Common name

    Nervous Shark

  • Date Identified

    01/03/2006

  • Identified By

    Dr William White - Murdoch University

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: jaws, Form: Dry

  • Collected By

    Steve Westley

  • Sampling Method

    speared from boat

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Ichthyology

  • Collecting Areas

    Ichthyology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Northern Territory

  • Precise Location

    Goulburn Islands

  • Latitude

    -11.55

  • Longitude

    133.45

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    Geoscience Australia - Place names website