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Eusphyra laticeps (Cantor, 1837)

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Specimen caught in the Gulf of Mannar and landed at Palkanththura in the North Western Province that resembles Eusphyra blochii but found to differ from this species from Australia by 46 bp and this substantial difference in NADH2 sequence suggests that the form from Sri Lanka may represent a second species of winghead shark (Ref. 120444:226).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ce.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fernando, D., R.M.K. Bown, A. Tanna, R. Gobiraj, H. Ralicki, E.L. Jockusch, D.A. Ebert, K. Jensen and J.N. Caira, 2019
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Sphyrnidae (Hammerhead, bonnethead, or scoophead sharks)
Etymology: Eusphyra: eu- (Gr.), good, well or very; sphyra (Gr.), hammer, referring to immense hammer-shaped head. (See ETYFish);  laticeps: latus (L.), wide or broad; ceps (New Latin), head, referring to wider head compared with other hammerhead sharks known to Cantor. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; benthopelagic.   Tropical

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