Smalleye hammerhead
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| Sphyrna tudes Valenciennes, 1822 |
The smalleye hammerhead or golden hammerhead Sphyrna tudes is a small subtropical hammerhead shark found in the southwest Atlantic from Venezuela to Uruguay, in the Mediterranean Sea and in the eastern Pacific.
It is a dark yellowish-brown color which have given it the name golden 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).
[edit] References
- Mycock et al (2005). Sphyrna tudes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
- Sphyrna tudes (TSN 160519). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 24 January 2006.
- "Sphyrna tudes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
- 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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