Sphyrna lata Agassiz 1843 (hammerhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390

Belongs to Sphyrna according to O. P. Hay 1902

See also Agassiz 1843 and Gibbes 1847

Sister taxa: Sphyrna americana, Sphyrna arambourgi, Sphyrna denticulata, Sphyrna gibbesii, Sphyrna gracile, Sphyrna guinoti, Sphyrna integra, Sphyrna itoriensis, Sphyrna laevissima, Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna magna, Sphyrna media, Sphyrna mokarran, Sphyrna prisca, Sphyrna robustum, Sphyrna tiburo, Sphyrna tortilis, Sphyrna zygaena

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sphyrna lata in the database

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