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WoRMS taxon details
Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
AphiaID: 105816
AphiaID: 105816
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Carcharhiniformes (Order) > Sphyrnidae (Family) > Sphyrna (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cestracion leeuwenii Day, 1865 Cestracion oceanica Garman, 1913 Sphyrna diplana Springer, 1941 Sphyrna leweni (Griffith & Smith, 1834) (misspelling) Zygaena erythraea Klunzinger, 1871 Zygaena indica van Hasselt, 1823 Zygaena lewini Griffith & Smith, 1834 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces - Chondrichthyes, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 358-360 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Castro, 1983 [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Djibouti [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] North West Atlantic [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To FishBase To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (164 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: A coastal-pelagic, semi-oceanic shark occurring over the continental and insular shelves. Young form schools and forage near the bottom, migrating to deeper outer reef waters as they grow. Adults solitary or in pairs. Feeds on fishes, including other sharks and rays (Ref. 1602), cephalopods, and crustaceans; also on turtles (Ref. 2334). Non-aggressive unless stimulated by fish blood. Utilized: fresh, dried-salted, smoked and frozen; also sought for fins and hides (Ref. 9987). Game fish record weighed almost 450 kg (Ref. 9987). [details] Distribution: New Jersey to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105816 on 2010-09-02 | |||||||||||
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