Great hammerhead - Sphyrna mokarran

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Sphyrna mokarran
Author (Rüppell, 1837)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 160515
Common Names Spanish: cornuda gigante
English: great hammerhead
Spanish: cornuda de ley
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Chondrichthyes
        Subclass: Elasmobranchii
          Superorder: Euselachii
            Order: Carcharhiniformes
              Family: Sphyrnidae
                Genus: Sphyrna
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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ITIS TSN160515
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    -
Status - Red List, IUCN
    CR (Global)
    DD (Europe)
#records (spatial)2,669
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets27
Year1950 - 2020
Latitude-32.76 - 40.74
Longitude-162.10 - 152.03
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