Sphyrna mokarran

Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell 1837) — Great Hammerhead Justification: Listed as "occasional" by Clavijo et al. (1980:4); common Caribbean species often occurring inshore and around coral reefs. Distribution: Circumtropical, Compagno (1984b) WA (FL, GOM, BA, GA, VI, LA, WC, nSA, sSA), EA, IWP, EP. Remarks: An article in a local newspaper, dated 3 April 1982, included a photograph of a huge Great Hammerhead caught off Sandy Point that weighted 795 kg (1,753 lbs) and had a total length of 4.4 m (14 ft 6 in).

Published as part of Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, pp. 1-120 in Zootaxa 3803 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3803.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4917823

Keywords

Carcharhiniformes, Sphyrna, Sphyrna mokarran, Animalia, Biodiversity, Chordata, Sphyrnidae, Taxonomy, Elasmobranchii

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