WoRMS taxon details

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822)

105818  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105818)

accepted
Species
Cestracion tudes (Valenciennes, 1822) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Sphyraena tudes (Valenciennes, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Spyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Found on the continental shelf. Feeds on small bony fishes, including sea catfish and grunts, but also newborn scalloped...  
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105818 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed

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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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
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]
LanguageName 
English smalleye hammerhead  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μικροζύγαινα  [details]
Turkish cekic kopekbaligicekic baligi  [details]