Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Galeomorphi > Order Carcharhiniformes > Family Sphyrnidae > Genus Sphyrna

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphyrna*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name
*Zygaena*	Cuvier, 1816	synonym

Species group names

*Zygaena lewini*	Griffith & Smith, 1834	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: scalloped hammerhead sources: Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).

German: Bogenstirn-Hammerhai; gekerbter Hammerhai sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: アカシュモクザメ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: bronzinis kūjaryklis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: głowomłot tropikalny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: бронзовая акула-молот sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cornuda común; tiburón martillo sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: çekiç balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Акула-молот бронзова; Бронзова риба-молот

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Castro. (1983).
additional source	McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Barker, A. M.; Adams, D. H.; Driggers, W. B.; Frazier, B. S.; Portnoy, D. S. (2019). Hybridization between sympatric hammerhead sharks in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Biology Letters. 15(4): 20190004.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Sphyrna lewini, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105816