Bonnethead sharks - Sphyrnidae
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
| Scientific Name |
Sphyrnidae |
| Author |
Gill, 1872 |
| Taxonomic Rank |
Family |
| Taxonomic # |
160497 |
| Common Names |
French: requins-marteaux
Spanish: tiburones martillo
English: bonnethead sharks
English: hammerhead sharks
English: scoophead sharks
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| Current Standing |
valid |
| Taxonomic Parents |
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Superorder: Euselachii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
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| Taxonomic Children |
Genus: Eusphyra
Genus: Sphyrna
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| Synonyms (since 1950) |
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Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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| ITIS TSN | 160497 |
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Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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| - |
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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| #records (spatial) | 1,150 |
| #records (non-spatial) | 0 |
| #datasets | 38 |
| Year | 1980 - 2023 |
| Latitude | -33.60 - 41.05 |
| Longitude | -176.62 - 136.85 |
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