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Common Smooth Hammerhead Shark
Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes »  order Carcharhiniformes - ground sharks »  family Sphyrnidae - hammerhead sharks »  genus Sphyrna

Scientific synonyms

Squalus zygaena Linnaeus, 1758
Cestracion zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Zygaena zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Squalus carolinensis Blainville, 1816
Zygaena malleus Valenciennes, 1822
Squalus malleus (Valenciennes, 1822)
Squalis pictus Blainville, 1816
Zygaena subarcuata Storer, 1848
Zygaena vulgaris Cloquet, 1830

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Other names

= Common Hammerhead
= Common Hammerhead Shark
= Hammerhead
= Round Headed Hammerhead
= Round-headed Hammer Head Shark
= Round-headed Hammerhead
= Round-headed Hammerhead Shark
= Smooth Hammerhead

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IUCN category:
Vulnerable

Intertaxon relationships

prey: Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 - Common Dolphifish

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Links and literature

CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [917]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/28546]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [39388]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018
EN Australian Faunal Directory [a0f6db24-9ce4-49a1-a672-281ea174e0a2]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 21 January 2015
CZ Hanel L., Novák J. (2001): České názvy živočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces), 1. Sliznatky (Myxini), mihule (Cephalaspidomorphi), paryby (Chondrichthyes), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 53 pp. [as Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 2 June 2013
EN Dyldin Y. V. (2015): Annotated checklist of the sharks, batoids and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) from waters of Russia and adjacent areas, Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 43: 40-91 [as Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 19 November 2015
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