Species under Sphyrna
n= 9
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Sphyrna corona
Springer, 1940
Scalloped bonnethead Eastern Pacific 92
Sphyrna couardi
Cadenat, 1951
Whitefin hammerhead Eastern Atlantic 300
Sphyrna gilberti
Quattro, Driggers, Grady, Ulrich & Roberts, 2013
Carolina hammerhead Western Atlantic 47.1
Sphyrna lewini
(Griffith & Smith, 1834)
Scalloped hammerhead Circumglobal in coastal warm temperate and tropical seas (Ref. 13562). Western Atlantic 430
Sphyrna media
Springer, 1940
Scoophead Western Atlantic 150
Sphyrna mokarran
(Rüppell, 1837)
Great hammerhead Circumglobal in coastal warm temperate and tropical seas (Ref. 13562). Western Atlantic 610
Sphyrna tiburo
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bonnethead Western Atlantic 150
Sphyrna tudes
(Valenciennes, 1822)
Smalleye hammerhead Southwest Atlantic 134
Sphyrna zygaena
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Smooth hammerhead Widespread in temperate and tropical seas (Ref. 13562). Western Atlantic 500
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