List of hammerhead sharks
| Hammerhead sharks Temporal range: Middle Miocene to Present[1] | |
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| Scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Sphyrnidae T. N. Gill, 1872 |
| Genera | |
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This is a list of hammerhead sharks.
Sphyrna
| Name | Binomial Name | Status | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnethead shark | Sphyrna tiburo | LR/lc | Northern South American coast, Gulf of Mexico, Southern California coast |
| Great hammerhead | Sphyrna mokarran | EN | Tropical and subtropical coasts |
| Scalloped bonnethead | Sphyrna corona | NT | California and Northwest South American coasts |
| Scalloped hammerhead | Sphyrna lewini | EN | Tropical an subtropical coasts worldwide |
| Carolina hammerhead | Sphyrna gilberti | ? | western Atlantic Ocean |
| Scoophead shark | Sphyrna media | DD | California and northern South American coast |
| Smalleye hammerhead | Sphyrna tudes | VU | eastern South American coast |
| Smooth hammerhead | Sphyrna zygaena | VU | worldwide subtropical coasts, southern South America, Australia and New Zealand coast |
| Whitefin hammerhead | Sphyrna couardi | DD | western Spain coast, west African coast |
Eushpyra
| Name | Binomial_Name | Status | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winghead shark | Eusphyra blochii | LC/nt | Southeast Asian coasts |
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560.
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