- Whitefin hammerhead
Taxobox
name = Whitefin hammerhead
status =
trend =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Chondrichthyes
subclassis =Elasmobranchii
ordo =Carcharhiniformes
familia =Carcharhinidae
genus = "Sphyrna"
species = "S. couardi"
binomial = "Sphyrna couardi"
binomial_authority = Cadenat, 1951The whitefin hammerhead, "Sphyrna couardi", is a
shark of the familyCarcharhinidae , found intropical waters of the easternAtlantic Ocean oceans between latitudes 34° N and 6° S. Its length is up to about 3 m.The whitefin hammerhead is a coastal-
pelagic shark, feeding on fishes, especially bony fishes, and alsobenthic and epibenthic cephalopods.It is
viviparous , with 24 to 28 young in a litter. Size at birth is about 30 to 32 cm.References
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