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Eusphyra blochii (Cuvier, 1816)

Winghead shark
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Thailand country information

Common names: Winghead shark
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., 1984
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Gulf of Thailand, off Cholburi; Tale Sap; and Patani Bay (Ref. 1632); also from Songkhla (Ref. 37773). Threatened due to overfishing (Ref. 58784). Also Ref. 244, 13562. Status of threat: Endangered (Ref. 58784).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Monkolprasit, S., S. Sontirat, S. Vimollohakarn and T. Songsirikul, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Pating, Cá Nhám cào, 丁字双髻鲨, ... more

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);  blochii: In honor of physician-naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723-1799), who described and illustrated this shark in 1785, which he identified as Squalus zygaena. (See ETYFish).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; amphidromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical; 31°N - 20°S, 47°E - 154°E

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