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Smooth Hammerhead

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Denmark Species List, Ecuador Species List, France Species List, India Species List, New Zealand Species List, Panama Species List, Portugal Species List, Senegal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Taiwan Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, Vietnam Species List, Japan Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Red Sea Species List, Rio de la Plata Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AF, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia SK, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, EOL authors, wikipedia gl Galician, Timor Sea Species List, and United States Species List

Recognized by The Fish Database of Taiwan, Arkive, FAO Fishery Statistics, and Furui 2020

Recognized by IABIN

Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, GBIF classification, and Mozambique Species List

Recognized by Freshwater and Marine Image Bank U Washington and OBIS environmental data records

Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions

Recognized by Flickr BHL and MADtraits

Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, World Register of Marine Species, and TreatmentBank

Recognized by Fishbase and NMNH Collection

Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Recognized by Flickr Group

Recognized by iDigBio type specimen records

Alternative Names

Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Reference taxon from FishBase in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Recombined according to Paleobiology Database

Misapplied according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase

Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase

Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase

Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase

Recombined according to Paleobiology Database

Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase

Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase

Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase

Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and Fishbase

Common Names

English

Recognized by Arkive, Fishbase, and Wikidata Common Names

Recognized by CITES and Fishbase

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Afrikaans

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Albanian

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Arabic

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Burmese

Recognized by Fishbase

Catalan; Valencian

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Corsican

Recognized by Fishbase

Croatian

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Dutch; Flemish

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Estonian

Recognized by Fishbase

Ewe

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

French

Recognized by CITES

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Galician

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

Recognized by Fishbase

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Gujarati

Recognized by Fishbase

Hebrew

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Hungarian

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

Recognized by Furui 2020

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Javanese

Recognized by Fishbase

Kannada

Recognized by Fishbase

Kapampangan

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Malagasy

Recognized by Fishbase

Malay

Recognized by Fishbase

Malayalam

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Maltese

Recognized by Fishbase

Maori

Recognized by Fishbase

Marathi

Recognized by Fishbase

Norwegian

Recognized by Fishbase

Persian

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Portuguese

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Samoan

Recognized by Fishbase

Serbian

Recognized by Fishbase

Shambala

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sindhi

Recognized by Fishbase

Slovak

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Somali

Recognized by Fishbase

Spanish; Castilian

Recognized by CITES and Fishbase

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Swedish

Recognized by Fishbase and Wikidata Common Names

Recognized by Fishbase

Tagalog

Recognized by Fishbase

Tamil

Recognized by Fishbase

Telugu

Recognized by Fishbase

Turkish

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Ukrainian

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and World Register of Marine Species

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Uzbek

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Recognized by Fishbase

Welsh

Recognized by Fishbase

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Wolof

Recognized by Fishbase

Arz

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

Recognized by The Fish Database of Taiwan and Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

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Life

Cellular Organisms

Eukaryota

Opisthokonta

Metazoa

Bilateria

Deuterostomia

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Vertebrata

Gnathostomata

Chondrichthyes

Elasmobranchii

Selachii

Carcharhiniformes

Sphyrnidae

Sphyrna

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)

Sphyrna corona Springer 1940

Sphyrna couardi Cadenat 1951

Sphyrna gilberti Quattro, Driggers Iii, Grady, Ulrich & Roberts 2013

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith 1834)

Sphyrna media Springer 1940

Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell 1837)

Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus 1758)

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes 1822)

Biota

Animalia

Chordata

Vertebrata

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Chondrichthyes

Elasmobranchii

Carcharhiniformes

Sphyrnidae

Sphyrna

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)

Sphyrna corona Springer 1940

Sphyrna couardi Cadenat 1951

Sphyrna gilberti Quattro, Driggers Iii, Grady, Ulrich & Roberts 2013

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith 1834)

Sphyrna media Springer 1940

Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell 1837)

Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus 1758)

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes 1822)

Life

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Opisthokonta

Metazoa

Bilateria

Deuterostomia

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Vertebrata

Gnathostomata

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Elasmobranchii

Selachii

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Sphyrnidae

Sphyrna

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)

Sphyrna corona Springer 1940

Sphyrna couardi Cadenat 1951

Sphyrna gilberti Quattro, Driggers Iii, Grady, Ulrich & Roberts 2013

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith 1834)

Sphyrna media Springer 1940

Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell 1837)

Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus 1758)

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes 1822)

Life

Cellular Organisms

Eukaryota

Opisthokonta

Metazoa

Bilateria

Deuterostomia

Chordata

Vertebrata

Gnathostomata

Chondrichthyes

Elasmobranchii

Selachii

Carcharhiniformes

Sphyrnidae

Sphyrna

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)

Sphyrna corona Springer 1940

Sphyrna couardi Cadenat 1951

Sphyrna gilberti Quattro, Driggers Iii, Grady, Ulrich & Roberts 2013

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith 1834)

Sphyrna media Springer 1940

Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell 1837)

Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus 1758)

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes 1822)

Animalia

Chordata

Elasmobranchii

Carcharhiniformes

Sphyrnidae

Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)

Galeocerdo laevissimus (Cope 1867)

Sphyrna americana Leriche 1942

Sphyrna corona Springer 1940

Sphyrna couardi Cadenat 1951

Sphyrna denticulata Agassiz 1843

Sphyrna elongata (Leriche 1910)

Sphyrna gibbesii Hay 1902

Sphyrna gilberti Quattro, Driggers Iii, Grady, Ulrich & Roberts 2013

Sphyrna gilmorei Leriche 1942

Sphyrna itoriensis White 1926

Sphyrna lata Agassiz 1843

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith 1834)

Sphyrna magna (Cope 1868)

Sphyrna media Springer 1940

Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell 1837)

Sphyrna prisca Agassiz 1843

Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus 1758)

Sphyrna tortilis White 1926

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes 1822)

Animalia

Bilateria

Deuterostomia

Chordata

Vertebrata

Gnathostomata

Chondrichthyes

Elasmobranchii

Euselachii

Carcharhiniformes

Sphyrnidae Gill 1872

Sphyrna Rafinesque 1810

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)

Sphyrna corona Springer 1940

Sphyrna couardi Cadenat 1951

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith 1834)

Sphyrna media Springer 1940

Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell 1837)

Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus 1758)

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes 1822)

Animalia

Chordata

Chondrichthyes

Carcharhiniformes

Sphyrnidae

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)

Eusphyra blochii (Cuvier 1816)

Sphyrna corona Springer 1940

Sphyrna gilberti Quattro, Driggers Iii, Grady, Ulrich & Roberts 2013

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith 1834)

Sphyrna media Springer 1940

Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell 1837)

Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus 1758)

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes 1822)

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Carcharhiniformes

Carcharhinidae

Sphyrna

Sphyrna zygaena (this page)

Sphyrna corona

Sphyrna gilberti

Sphyrna lewini

Sphyrna media

Sphyrna mokarran

Sphyrna tiburo

Sphyrna tudes

unclassified Sphyrna

Biota

Eukaryota

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Filozoa

Apoikozoa

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Squalus carolinensis (this page)

Squalus acronotus

Squalus africanus

Squalus albomaculatus

Squalus alopecias

Squalus anisodon

Squalus antiquorum

Squalus appendiculatus

Squalus arcticus

Squalus argus

Squalus asper

Squalus barbatus

Squalus barbouri

Squalus brevipinna

Squalus brucus

Squalus caecchia

Squalus canicula

Squalus catulus

Squalus caudatus

Squalus centrina

Squalus cepedii

Squalus cinereus

Squalus cirratus

Squalus cirrosus

Squalus colax

Squalus commersonii

Squalus cornubiensis

Squalus cuvier

Squalus dentatus

Squalus edwardsii

Squalus elegans

Squalus fasciatus

Squalus fernandinus

Squalus ferox

Squalus fulgens

Squalus galeus

Squalus glaucus

Squalus granulosus

Squalus gronovianus

Squalus hinnulus

Squalus indicus

Squalus isabella

Squalus kirki

Squalus labiatus

Squalus licha

Squalus littoralis

Squalus lixa

Squalus lobatus

Squalus longicaudus

Squalus longimanus

Squalus macrodus

Squalus maculatus

Squalus malleus

Squalus maou

Squalus microcephalus

Squalus monensis

Squalus mustelus

Squalus nasus

Squalus nicaeensis

Squalus niger

Squalus norvegianus

Squalus obscurus

Squalus obtusus

Squalus ocellatus

Squalus oculatus

Squalus pantherinus

Squalus pennanti

Squalus perlo

Squalus platyodon

Squalus plumbeus

Squalus porosus

Squalus portusjacksoni

Squalus pristis

Squalus probatovi

Squalus punctatus

Squalus punctulatus

Squalus russellianus

Squalus scymnus

Squalus selanonus

Squalus semisagittatus

Squalus shiraii

Squalus sorrakowah

Squalus squamosus

Squalus squatina

Squalus stellaris

Squalus striatus

Squalus tasmaniensis

Squalus tentaculatus

Squalus terraenovae

Squalus tigrinus

Squalus tuberculatus

Squalus tyberinus

Squalus unicolor

Squalus ustus

Squalus vacca

Squalus varius

Squalus vittatus

Squalus vulgaris

Squalus vulpinus

Squalus wakiyae

Squalus whitleyi

38 additional siblings truncated for brevity.

See the resource file for a full list.

Biota

Eukaryota

Unikonta

Opisthokonta

Holozoa

Filozoa

Apoikozoa

Animalia

Eumetazoa

Bilateria

Deuterostomia

Chordata

Olfactores

Craniata

Vertebrata

Gnathostomata

Chondrichthyes

Euselachii

Neoselachii

Selachimorpha

Squalomorphii

Squaliformes

Squalidae

Squalus

Squalus malleus (this page)

Squalus acronotus

Squalus africanus

Squalus albomaculatus

Squalus alopecias

Squalus anisodon

Squalus antiquorum

Squalus appendiculatus

Squalus arcticus

Squalus argus

Squalus asper

Squalus barbatus

Squalus barbouri

Squalus brevipinna

Squalus brucus

Squalus caecchia

Squalus canicula

Squalus carolinensis

Squalus catulus

Squalus caudatus

Squalus centrina

Squalus cepedii

Squalus cinereus

Squalus cirratus

Squalus cirrosus

Squalus colax

Squalus commersonii

Squalus cornubiensis

Squalus cuvier

Squalus dentatus

Squalus edwardsii

Squalus elegans

Squalus fasciatus

Squalus fernandinus

Squalus ferox

Squalus fulgens

Squalus galeus

Squalus glaucus

Squalus granulosus

Squalus gronovianus

Squalus hinnulus

Squalus indicus

Squalus isabella

Squalus kirki

Squalus labiatus

Squalus licha

Squalus littoralis

Squalus lixa

Squalus lobatus

Squalus longicaudus

Squalus longimanus

Squalus macrodus

Squalus maculatus

Squalus maou

Squalus microcephalus

Squalus monensis

Squalus mustelus

Squalus nasus

Squalus nicaeensis

Squalus niger

Squalus norvegianus

Squalus obscurus

Squalus obtusus

Squalus ocellatus

Squalus oculatus

Squalus pantherinus

Squalus pennanti

Squalus perlo

Squalus platyodon

Squalus plumbeus

Squalus porosus

Squalus portusjacksoni

Squalus pristis

Squalus probatovi

Squalus punctatus

Squalus punctulatus

Squalus russellianus

Squalus scymnus

Squalus selanonus

Squalus semisagittatus

Squalus shiraii

Squalus sorrakowah

Squalus squamosus

Squalus squatina

Squalus stellaris

Squalus striatus

Squalus tasmaniensis

Squalus tentaculatus

Squalus terraenovae

Squalus tigrinus

Squalus tuberculatus

Squalus tyberinus

Squalus unicolor

Squalus ustus

Squalus vacca

Squalus varius

Squalus vittatus

Squalus vulgaris

Squalus vulpinus

Squalus wakiyae

Squalus whitleyi

38 additional siblings truncated for brevity.

See the resource file for a full list.

Biota

Eukaryota

Unikonta

Opisthokonta

Holozoa

Filozoa

Apoikozoa

Animalia

Eumetazoa

Bilateria

Deuterostomia

Chordata

Olfactores

Craniata

Vertebrata

Gnathostomata

Chondrichthyes

Euselachii

Carcharhiniformes

Sphyrnidae

Sphyrna

Sphyrna zygaena (this page)

Sphyrna bigelowi

Sphyrna blochi

Sphyrna blochii

Sphyrna corona

Sphyrna couardi

Sphyrna diplana

Sphyrna gilberti

Sphyrna lewini

Sphyrna ligo

Sphyrna media

Sphyrna mokarran

Sphyrna nana

Sphyrna tiburo

Sphyrna tudes

Sphyrna vespertina

Animalia

Chordata

Elasmobranchii

Carcharhiniformes

Sphyrnidae

Sphyrna

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)

Sphyrna corona Springer 1940

Sphyrna couardi Cadenat 1951

Sphyrna gilberti Quattro, Driggers, Grady, Ulrich & Roberts 2013

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith 1834)

Sphyrna media Springer 1940

Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell 1837)

Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus 1758)

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes 1822)

Smooth Hammerhead

Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Alternative Names

Common Names

English

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Armenian

Asturian

Basque

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan; Valencian

Chinese

Corsican

Croatian

Czech

Danish

Dutch; Flemish

Estonian

Ewe

Finnish

French

Galician

German

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Gujarati

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Kannada

Kapampangan

Korean

Lithuanian

Malagasy

Malay

Malayalam

Maltese

Maori

Marathi

Norwegian

Persian

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Russian

Samoan

Serbian

Shambala

Sindhi

Slovak

Somali

Spanish; Castilian

Swedish

Tagalog

Tamil

Telugu

Turkish

Ukrainian

Uzbek

Vietnamese

Welsh

Wolof

Arz

Pnb

Zh Hans

Zh Hant

Zh Hk

Zh Tw

Curated hierarchies for Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test