| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | CHONDRICHTHYES | CARCHARHINIFORMES | SPHYRNIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Sphyrna tiburo | |||
| Species Authority | Linnaeus 1758 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3 |
| Year Assessed: | 2000 |
| Assessor/s | Cortés, E. |
| Evaluator/s: | Musick, J.A. & Fowler, S. (Shark Red List Authority) |
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Justification: 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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| Countries: |
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: |
Native:
Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – southwest; Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast
Presence uncertain:
Atlantic – northwest
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| Systems: | Marine |
| Citation: | Cortés, E. 2000. Sphyrna tiburo. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 November 2008. |
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