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Sphyrna zygaena
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Description
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).
Notes
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
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Carcharhinidae
- Genus
- Sphyrna
- Species
- zygaena
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. White & Ko'Ou, 2018
References
- Fernholm, B. & Wheeler, A. C. (1983) Linnaean fish specimens in the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 78, 199 - 286. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1983. tb 00867. x
- Filewood, L. W. C. (1973) Guide to elasmobranch key, with notes on collection of data. Internal Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries report, Port Moresby, 18 pp.
- Finucci, B., White, W. T., Kemper, J. & Naylor, G. J. P. (2018) Redescription of Chimaera ogilbyi (Chimaeriformes; Chimaeridae) from the Indo-Australian region. Zootaxa, 4375, 191 - 210. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4375.2.2