- Smalleye hammerhead
Taxobox
name = Smalleye hammerhead
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Chondrichthyes
subclassis =Elasmobranchii
ordo =Carcharhiniformes
familia =Sphyrnidae
genus = "Sphyrna "
species = "S. tudes"
binomial = "Sphyrna tudes"
binomial_authority =Valenciennes , 1822The smalleye hammerhead or golden hammerhead "Sphyrna tudes" is a small
subtropical hammerheadshark found in the southwestAtlantic fromVenezuela toUruguay , in theMediterranean Sea and in the easternPacific .It is a dark yellowish-brown color which have given it the name
gold en hammerhead. It is found to at least a depth of 40 m. It is a small shark, with a maximum size of about 4 feet (1.22 m) and a weight of 20 pounds (9 kg).References
* Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
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* [http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/d_golden_hh.htm| In Search of the Golden Hammerhead] R. Aidan Martin, August 4 1998
* "Biology of the Golden Hammerhead, Sphyrna tudes, off Trinidad" (Environmental Biology of Fishes, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp 3-11)
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