Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Sphyrna lewini
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Category: Hammerhead Sharks
Scientific Name: Sphyrna lewini
Size: Up to 6 ft. (1.8 m)  
Depth: 3-1600 ft. (1-488 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Chondrichthyes (Parvphylum) Cartilaginous Fishes
  └Elasmobranchii (Class) Sharks and Rays
   └Selachii (Infraclass) Sharks
    └Carcharhiniformes (Order) Ground Sharks
     └Sphyrnidae (Family) Hammerhead Sharks
      └Sphyrna (Genus)
       └S. lewini (Species)
WoRMS ID: 105816🔗
iNaturalist ID: 56764🔗

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