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Taxon: Species Sphyrna zygaena (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - common hammerhead (fish)
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Authorship

Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 234.
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Types

Type of: Sphyrna (Subgenus) Rafinesque, 1810

Combinations

Basionym: Squalus zygaena Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Sphyrna zigaena (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Spyrna zygaena (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Squalis pictus Blainville, 1816 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Questionably Synonymous name: Squalus carolinensis Blainville, 1816 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Squalus malleus Shaw & Nodder, 1796 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Zygaena malleus Valenciennes, 1822 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Zygaena subarcuata Storer, 1848 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous name: Zygaena vulgaris Cloquet, 1830 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: gladde hamerhaai
: gewone hamerhaai Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: common hammerhead
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