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Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822) 
AphiaID: 105818

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		  Sphyraena tudes (Valenciennes, 1822) (misspelling)
 Sphyrna bigelowi Springer, 1944
 Spyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822) (misspelling)
 Zygaena tudes Valenciennes, 1822
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, 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. 357-374 (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, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English smalleye hammerhead  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μικροζύγαινα  [details]
Turkish cekic baligi  [details]
Turkish cekic kopekbaligi  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Madagascar (probably not valid) [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Alebion elegans Capart, 1953 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pandarus zygaenae Brady, 1883 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Description: Found on the continental shelf. Feeds on small bony fishes, including sea catfish and grunts, but also newborn scalloped hammerheads (@S. lewini@), swimming crabs, squid, ans shrimp. Viviparous, probably with 6 to 9 young per litter. Size at birth about 30 cm. Utilization not reported. [details]
Image 
Sphyrna tudes
Sphyrna tudes
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105818
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105818 on 2013-06-19
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