"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.". From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
Migrant pelagic include tunnies Thunnus spp., smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata guitarfish Rhinobatos spp., and smooth hammerhead shark Sphyrna zygaena. From Wordnik.com. [Banc d'Arguin National Park, Mauritania] Reference
(Sphyrna lewini) has a more familiar racing-car-spoiler shape. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) has a shape that's more spade than hammer. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Here, a scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) at Cocos Island, Costa Rica. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
This is a scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) at Cocos Island, Costa Rica. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Scalloped hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini) have a relatively wide head, and their eyes overlap by 32 degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Blah, Blah! Technology] Reference
IUCN experts classify Great Hammerhead, Sphyrna mokarran, and Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, sharks, as well as Giant Devil Rays. From Wordnik.com. [ENS] Reference
Scalloped Hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) are always finned because they have large fins and the body has absolutely no value at the docks. From Wordnik.com. [Grist - the latest from Grist] Reference
Second rare Javan rhino found dead in Indonesia photo: Creative Commons/Julian. ilcheff hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) Sphyrna lewini (scalloped hammerhead shark). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to No more eating shark fin in Hawaii after new law] Reference
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.". From Wordnik.com. [Newswise: Latest News] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Fishkeeping] Reference
"And what, pray tell, are Sphyrna mokarran?". From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
Page 241, fig. 84a is Sphyrna denticulata. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
"Sphyrna mokarran and megaplumes.". From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
"Megaplumes and Sphyrna mokarran.". From Wordnik.com. [Deception Point]
Sphyrna zygaena, Great White, Carcharodon carcharias. From Wordnik.com. [ENS] Reference
Among these are scalloped Sphyrna lewini and great hammerhead sharks S. mokarran, sicklefin smooth hound-shark Mustelus lunelatus, whitenose shark Nasolamia velox, bigeye thresher Alopias superciliosus Pacific sharpnose shark Rhisoprionodon longurio, and whale shark Rhinocodon typus; also sharks of the genus Carcharhinus: bignose Carcharhinus altimus, Galapagos C. galapagensis, bull C. leucas, blacktip C. imbatus, dusky C. obscurus, and smalltail C.porosus. 302 species of fish have been reported in the area around the islands, several being valuable commercial species. From Wordnik.com. [Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico] Reference
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