Smooth hammerhead - Sphyrna zygaena
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
| Scientific Name |
Sphyrna zygaena |
| Author |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Taxonomic Rank |
Species |
| Taxonomic # |
160505 |
| Common Names |
Spanish: cornuda prieta English: smooth hammerhead Spanish: cabeza de martillo |
| Current Standing |
valid |
| Taxonomic Parents |
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Superorder: Euselachii Order: Carcharhiniformes Family: Sphyrnidae Genus: Sphyrna |
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Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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| ITIS TSN | 160505 |
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Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
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Status - Red List, IUCN
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VU (Global) CR (Mediterranean) DD (Europe) |
| #records (spatial) | 799 |
| #records (non-spatial) | 0 |
| #datasets | 29 |
| Year | 1932 - 2020 |
| Latitude | -40.75 - 50.26 |
| Longitude | -93.32 - 177.88 |
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