WoRMS taxon details
Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810
105730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105730)
accepted
Genus
Cestracion Ogilby, 1916 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Spyrna · unaccepted (misspelling)
Zygaena Cuvier, 1816 · unaccepted
- Species Sphyrna corona Springer, 1940
- Species Sphyrna couardi Cadenat, 1951
- Species Sphyrna gilberti Quattro, Driggers, Grady, Ulrich & Roberts, 2013
- Species Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
- Species Sphyrna media Springer, 1940
- Species Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837)
- Species Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822)
- Species Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sphyrna bigelowi Springer, 1944 accepted as Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822)
- Species Sphyrna blochii (Cuvier, 1816) accepted as Eusphyra blochii (Cuvier, 1816)
- Species Sphyrna diplana Springer, 1941 accepted as Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
- Species Sphyrna leweni (Griffith & Smith, 1834) accepted as Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) (misspelling)
- Species Sphyrna ligo Fraser-Brunner, 1950 accepted as Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837)
- Species Sphyrna mokorran Rüppell, 1837 accepted as Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837) (misspelling)
- Species Sphyrna mukaran (Rüppell, 1837) accepted as Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Sphyrna nana Sadowsky, 1965 accepted as Sphyrna media Springer, 1940
- Species Sphyrna vespertina Springer, 1940 accepted as Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Sphyrna zigaena (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Sphyrna Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105730 on 2025-02-15
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(of Zygaena Cuvier, 1816) Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
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 Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 46 [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
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 Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 46 [details]




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Japanese | シュモクザメ属 | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyrna)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zygaena) (from synonym Zygaena Cuvier, 1816)
To Genbank (from synonym Zygaena Cuvier, 1816)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphyrna USNM 264341 radiograph body)
To ITIS
To Catalog of Fishes
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyrna)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Zygaena) (from synonym Zygaena Cuvier, 1816)
To Genbank (from synonym Zygaena Cuvier, 1816)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphyrna USNM 264341 radiograph body)
To ITIS