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| Genus: | Sphyrna
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| Species: | S. couardi
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| Sphyrna couardi Cadenat, 1951
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Template:Sharksportal The whitefin hammerhead, Sphyrna couardi, is a shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in tropical waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean oceans between latitudes 34° N and 6° S. Its length is up to about 3 m.
The whitefin hammerhead is a coastal-pelagic shark, feeding on fishes, especially bony fishes, and also benthic and epibenthic cephalopods.
It is viviparous, with 24 to 28 young in a litter. Size at birth is about 30 to 32 cm.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Sphyrna couardi". FishBase. May 2006 version.
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