Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C3E5AF7F-1C84-450E-B228-BD78D0084071 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346541 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6E2F87D6-FF89-FFDA-FF2E-FACDFDCAFD8C |
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Felipe |
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Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) |
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Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL —Smooth hammerhead
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Zygoena malleus, Val. by Gruvel (1931: 75); subsequently recorded as Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 9); as Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Sphyrna zygaena (Linnnaeus 1758) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 52–53). Material in collection: AUBM.
Distribution. Circumglobal in warm temperate seas, occasionally in tropical seas (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bd+3bd+4bd, 1 October 2005); Med. (CR: A2bd, 25 March 2016); CITES Appendix II. The capture, transportation, storage or commercialization of this species is forbidden in Lebanon. Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Significant decline in the last two decades. High priority for conservation action .
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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