Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > 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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: scalloped hammerhead sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: scalloped hammerhead sources: english PESI focal point

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

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

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	ITIS database
additional source	Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
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	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase
additional source	Castro, 1983

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (282 nucleotides; 201 proteins)
FishBase
Barcode of Life (197 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105816