WoRMS taxon details
Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758)
158517 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158517)
accepted
Species
Sphyrna tiburo tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Sphyrna vespertina Springer, 1940 · unaccepted
Squalus tiburo Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Sphyrna tiburo tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus tiburo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution Found on both the East and West coast of North and South America. In the western Atlantic, they are found from southern...
Distribution Found on both the East and West coast of North and South America. In the western Atlantic, they are found from southern Brazil to North Carolina, straying to Massachusetts Bay and Nantucket Sound. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158517 on 2026-02-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Squalus tiburo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
[request]basis of record Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Found on both the East and West coast of North and South America. In the western Atlantic, they are found from southern Brazil to North Carolina, straying to Massachusetts Bay and Nantucket Sound. [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
To Barcode of Life (84 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sphyrna tiburo tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sphyrna vespertina Springer, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Squalus tiburo Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyrna tiburo tiburo) (from synonym Sphyrna tiburo tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyrna tiburo)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyrna tiburo tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus tiburo Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyrna vespertina Springer, 1940)
To GenBank (259 nucleotides; 110 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Sphyrna tiburo tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (RAD110839 thru RAD110841 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphyrna tiburo RAD110840-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sphyrna tiburo tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sphyrna vespertina Springer, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Squalus tiburo Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyrna tiburo tiburo) (from synonym Sphyrna tiburo tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyrna tiburo)
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyrna tiburo tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Squalus tiburo Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyrna vespertina Springer, 1940)
To GenBank (259 nucleotides; 110 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Sphyrna tiburo tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (RAD110839 thru RAD110841 Envelope)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphyrna tiburo RAD110840-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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