Scalloped hammerhead - Sphyrna lewini

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Sphyrna lewini
Author (Griffith and Smith, 1834)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 160508
Common Names Spanish: cornuda común
English: scalloped hammerhead
Spanish: cornuda
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 TSN160508
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    E (Eastern Atlantic)
    T (Central and Southwest Atlantic)
    T (Indo-West Pacific)
    E (Eastern Pacific)
Status - Red List, IUCN
    CR (Global)
    DD (Europe)
#records (spatial)334
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets9
Year2016 - 2021
Latitude31.97 - 40.84
Longitude-80.64 - -70.50
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