Sphyrna tiburo
– Lower Risk Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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CHONDRICHTHYES
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Order:
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CARCHARHINIFORMES
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Family:
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SPHYRNIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Sphyrna tiburo
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Species Authority:
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Linnaeus 1758
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Common Name/s:
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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2000
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Assessor/s:
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Cortés, E.
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Evaluator/s:
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Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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An abundant small hammerhead of shallow estuaries and bays on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of America. Despite pressure from both directed and incidental fisheries, S. tiburo is an abundant species with some of the highest population rates of increase calculated for sharks.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Aruba; Bahamas; Belize; Bermuda; Brazil; Costa Rica (Cocos I.); Cuba; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico (Revillagigedo Is.); Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao); Nicaragua; Panama; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; United States; Venezuela
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FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
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Native:
Atlantic-southwest; Atlantic-western central; Pacific-eastern central; Pacific-southeast
Uncertain presence and origin:
Atlantic-northwest
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Marine
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List of Habitats:
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| 9.1 | Marine Neritic - Pelagic |
| 9.8 | Marine Neritic - Coral Reef |
| 10.1 | Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m) |
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Compagno, L.J.V. 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fish. Synop. No. 125, vol. 4. Shark Specialist Group. 2000. IUCN Shark Specialist Group Red List Assessments, 2000 (unpublished report). Shark Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website.
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