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Sphyrnidae
Bonaparte, 1840
- hammerhead sharks
(fish)
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Carcharhinoidei (Suborder)
..Atelomycteridae (Family) - coloured catsharks
..Carcharhinidae (Family) - requiem sharks
..Dichichthyidae (Family) - bristle sharks
..Galeocerdonidae (Family) - tiger sharks
..Hemigaleidae (Family) - weasel sharks
..Leptochariidae (Family) - barbeled houndsharks
..Pentanchidae (Family) - deepwater catsharks
..Proscylliidae (Family) - finback catsharks
..Pseudotriakidae (Family) - false catsharks
..Triakidae (Family) - houndsharks
..Sphyrnidae (Family) - hammerhead sharks
....Eusphyra (Genus)
....Sphyrna (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Bonaparte, 1840) Gill, 1872
Original name
:
Bonaparte, 1840: fasc. 27, puntate 140. [subfamily "
Sphyrnini
"].
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.)
:
Gill, T. 1872.
Smithson. Misc. Coll.
(no. 247), Nov 1872: 24.
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Types
Type
:
Sphyrna
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 9 Apr 2025; [<11 May 2025].
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
hamerhaaien
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
hammerhead sharks
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 72; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
:
hammerhead sharks
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2450.
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