Sphyrna zygaena

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) Smooth Hammerhead Squalus zygaena Linnaeus, 1758: 234. Syntype: NRM LP 88 (see Fernholm & Wheeler, 1983). Type locality: Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic (incl. Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Syria). Local synonymy: Sphyrna zygaena — Filewood, 1973: 2 (may occur in PNG); White et al., 2018: 190, figs (PNG). PNG voucher material: None. Remarks: Mainly recorded from temperate regions but also found in some tropical regions. Confirmed from coastal fisheries catches in Milne Bay Province; molecular data supports the identification (S. Appleyard, unpubl. data).

Published as part of White, William T. & Ko'Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 4411 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1221878

Keywords

Carcharhiniformes, Carcharhinidae, Sphyrna, Animalia, Biodiversity, Chordata, Sphyrna zygaena, Taxonomy, Elasmobranchii

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