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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Sphyrnidae — thehammerhead sharks .
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Examples
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Migrant pelagic include tunnies Thunnus spp., smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata guitarfish Rhinobatos spp., and smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena.
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Endemic species include Sphyrna mokarran, Torpedo panthera, and Terapon jarbua (see Botros, 1971).
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"Sphyrna mokarran love warm water, and right now, every last one for a hundred miles is congregating in this mile-wide circle of heated ocean."
Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001
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“Sphyrna mokarran love warm water, and right now, every last one for a hundred miles is congregating in this mile-wide circle of heated ocean.”
Deception Point Dan Brown 2001
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Michelle McComb, Timothy Tricas and Stephen Kajiura tested this hypothesis by comparing the visual fields of three hammerhead species: the bonnethead shark, (Sphyrna tiburo), scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) and the winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii), with that of two normal shark species: the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) and the blacknose shark
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Michelle McComb, Timothy Tricas and Stephen Kajiura tested this hypothesis by comparing the visual fields of three hammerhead species: the bonnethead shark, (Sphyrna tiburo), scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) and the winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii), with that of two normal shark species: the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) and the blacknose shark
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Second rare Javan rhino found dead in Indonesia photo: Creative Commons/Julian. ilcheff hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) sphyrna lewini (scalloped hammerhead shark)
WN.com - Articles related to No more eating shark fin in Hawaii after new law 2010
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Scalloped Hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) are always finned because they have large fins and the body has absolutely no value at the docks.
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IUCN experts classify Great Hammerhead, Sphyrna mokarran, and Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, sharks, as well as Giant Devil Rays,
ENS 2009
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The new research paper, "Tracking the fin trade: genetic stock identification in Western Atlantic scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini)," is published in a special theme issue of Endangered Species Research entitled, "Forensic Methods in Conservation Research."
innovations-report 2009
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