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

SphyrnaRafinesque, 1810accepted 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

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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

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2008-01-15 by Nicolas Bailly

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