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
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN160505
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    VU (Global)
    CR (Mediterranean)
    DD (Europe)
#records (spatial)799
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets29
Year1932 - 2020
Latitude-40.75 - 50.26
Longitude-93.32 - 177.88
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