CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Elasmobranchii (class) » Carcharhiniformes (order) » Sphyrnidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 019001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
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Family:	37 19 Sphyrnidae (Hammerhead Sharks) - show full list
Standard Name (AS5300):	Scalloped Hammerhead
Common Names List:	scalloped hammerhead scalloped hammerhead shark
Organism Type:	a hammerhead shark
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Coastal (0-40m) Estuarine Pelagic, Shelf (0-200m) Pelagic, Epipelagic (0-200m, Oceanic)
Parent Codes:	37 019902 Sphyrna spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	019001

Distribution map:
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2008-11-19.
Occurrence locations [319] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records Get expert distribution shapefile

Expected species depth range is from 0 to 275 m.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:80490086-0684-48f4-92ce-e8f9bd6c4242 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
FoA	1968 View at FoA
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105816 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2022-08-22 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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