Milk Shark Jaw ex Dr. Gordon Hubbell

A milk shark jaw, from a slender, coastal requiem shark with a long, pointed snout, growing to about 3.6 ft in length. The name comes from an old belief that eating its meat increased a mother's milk supply. Its teeth are finely serrated and angled, with 24-25 per jaw, built for gripping small, fast prey like fish and squid. A common species throughout the Indo-Pacific, this jaw is an approachable pick for collectors.

This jaw is from the collection of Dr. Gordon Hubbell. He first taught me how to prepare jaws in the early 1990's. I've been fortunate enough to acquire some of his collection that is not going to the University of Florida. Most of these jaws and teeth on this site have been either on display or stored away for decades in Gordon's collection.