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Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Carcharhiniformes
family
Sphyrnidae
genus
Sphyrna
species
Sphyrna zygaena

Name

Synonyms
Cestracion zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphyrna zigaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphyrna zyagena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Spyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Squalis pictus Blainville, 1816
Squalus carolinensis Blainville, 1816
Squalus malleus (Valenciennes, 1822)
Squalus zygaena Linnaeus, 1758
Zygaena malleus Valenciennes, 1822
Zygaena subarcuata Storer, 1848
Zygaena vulgaris Cloquet, 1830
Homonyms
Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Abou bornita in Arabic
Abu-garn in Arabic
Almindelig hammerhaj in Danish
Almindelig hammerhaj in Danish
Aqrun in Arabic
Awal in language.
Balagbagan in language.
Balagbagan in language.
Bingkungan in Tagalog
Binkugan in language.
Boat in Marathi
Bodher-buther in Sindhi
Boot in Marathi
Buntok martilyo in language.
Cabeza de martillo in Spanish
Cachona in Spanish
Cachona in Spanish
Cachona in Spanish
Cachona in Spanish
Cagnole in French
Cagnole in French
Cambeba in Portuguese
Cambeva in Portuguese
Capa a martiello in Italian
Carnuda in Spanish
Carnuda in Spanish
Cação-martelo in Portuguese
Cekiç baligi in Turkish
Cekiç baligi in Turkish
Chadayan in Malayalam
Chapéu-armado in Portuguese
Chattithalayan sravu in Malayalam
Common hammerhead in English
Common hammerhead in English
Common hammerhead in English
Common hammerhead shark in English
Common hammerhead shark in English
Common hammerhead shark in English
Common smooth hammerhead shark in English
Common smooth hammerhead shark in English
Corna in Spanish
Corna in Spanish
Cornuda in Portuguese
Cornuda in Spanish
Cornuda in Portuguese
Cornuda in Portuguese
Cornuda in Portuguese
Cornuda in Portuguese
Cornuda in Spanish
Cornuda in Spanish

Bibliographic References

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  2. Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and Lynne R. Parenti, 2001: null. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 253.
  3. Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748.
  4. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 2.
  5. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1988: null. Sharks of the Order Carcharhiniformes. xxii + 486.
  6. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  7. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  8. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  9. Leim, A.H. and W.B. Scott. 1966. Fishes of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Bulletin No. 155. 485 p.
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  14. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  15. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
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