WoRMS taxon details
Sphyrna media Springer, 1940
271379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271379)
accepted
Species
Sphyrna nana Sadowsky, 1965 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Springer, S. (1940). Three new sharks of the genus Sphyrna from the Pacific Coast of tropical America. <em>Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> v. 1 (no. 5): 161-169. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Sphyrna media Springer, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271379 on 2026-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Springer, S. (1940). Three new sharks of the genus Sphyrna from the Pacific Coast of tropical America. <em>Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin.</em> v. 1 (no. 5): 161-169. [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
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]
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 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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sphyrna nana Sadowsky, 1965)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyrna media)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyrna nana Sadowsky, 1965)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphyrna media RAD110848-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphyrna media RAD110851-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphyrna media)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Sphyrna nana Sadowsky, 1965)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Critically Endangered)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphyrna media RAD110848-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Sphyrna media RAD110851-001)
To ITIS
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