Sphyrna tudes

(Valenciennes, 1822)


Smalleye hammerhead
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae

Reference of the original description
Valenciennes, A. (1822)
Sur le sous-genre Marteau, Zygaena. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 9: 222–228, pl. 1–2.

Image of the original description

Sphyrna tudes (Valenciennes, 1822)

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Cestracion tudes, Cestracion (Zygaena) tudes, Platysqualus tudes, Sphyrna bigelowi, Sphyrna (Mesozygaena) tudes, Sphyrna (Platysqualus) tudes, Sphyrnias tudes, Zygaena tudes

Types
Sphyrna tudes
Lectotype: MNHN: 1049; Paralectotype: MNHN: 1019; MNHN: (lost);
Sphyrna bigelowi
Holotype: USNM: 87682; Paratype: MCZ: 463-S; USNM: 120751 (ex USNM 87682);


Description :


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Common names
deu \(T\) Kleinaugen-Hammerhai, spa Cornuda Tudes, spa Cornuda de corona, spa Cornuda ojichica, spa Pez martillo, spa Tiburón martillo, fra \(T\) Requin marteau à petits yeux, fra \(T\) Requin-marteau à petits yeux, eng Bonnet, eng Great hammerhead, eng Hammerhead, eng Shark, eng Smalleye, eng Smalleye hammerhead, ita Martello occhi piccoli, ita Pesce stampella, por Cambeva, por Cação-chapéu-armado, por Cação-martelo, por Cação-rudela, por Chapéu-armado, por Marteleiro, por Martelo, por Peixe-martelo, por Tubarão-martelo, Kurazza rasha zghira (malta)

Distribution
Southwest Atlantic: Venezuela to Argentina [5839]. Also Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Pacific [17658]. Source: www.gbif.org

Human uses
fisheries: subsistence fisheries

Biology
Viviparous, with yolk-sac plazenta; number of young probably 6 - 9 per litter. Size at birth about 30 cm.

Size / Weight / Age
134 cm TL (male/unsexed; [517]); 148 cm TL (female)

Habitat
benthopelagic; marine, usually ? - 12 m [517]

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=6591;

Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Monogenea
  • Erpocotyle microstoma (Brooks, 1934) Yamaguti, 1963 [21196]
  • Erpocotyle tudes (Cordero, 1944) [22565]

Cestoda
  • Diplootobothrium springeri Chandler, 1942 [16290] [16112]
  • Mixonybelinia edwinlintoni (Dollfus, 1960) [16112]
  • Nybelinia strongyla Dollfus, 1960 [16112]
  • Otobothrium insigne Linton, 1905 [17826]

Hirudinea