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: tiburón martillo 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 - Chondrichthyes, 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. 358-360
basis of record	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	ITIS database
additional source	Fishbase
additional source	Castro, 1983

Genbank

Taxonomy

Link To FishBase

External Links

Link To FishBase
Link To GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2012). Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834). In: Nicolas Bailly (2012). FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105816