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Sphyrna couardi
Cadenat, 1951
Whitefin hammerhead
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae
Reference of the original description
Initiations Africaines. III. Poissons de Mer du Sénégal. Institute Francais d'Afrique Noire. Initiations Africaines. III. Poissons de Mer du Sénégal, 1–345
Initiations Africaines. III. Poissons de Mer du Sénégal. Institute Francais d'Afrique Noire. Initiations Africaines. III. Poissons de Mer du Sénégal, 1–345
Description :
Citation: Sphyrna couardi Cadenat, 1951: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 03/2025
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Sphyrna couardi Cadenat, 1951, © FAO, www.fish-base.org
Sphyrna couardi Cadenat, 1951, © FAO, www.fish-base.org
Common names
Cornuda aliblanca, 
Requin marteau aile blanche, Requin-marteau aile blanche, 
Whitefin hammerhead
Cornuda aliblanca, Requin marteau aile blanche, Requin-marteau aile blanche, Whitefin hammerhead
Human uses
fisheries: subsistence fisheries
fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Biology
Viviparous, placental [733]. A coastal-pelagic shark. Feeds on fishes, especially bony fishes, and also benthic and epibenthic cephalopods.
Viviparous, placental [733]. A coastal-pelagic shark. Feeds on fishes, especially bony fishes, and also benthic and epibenthic cephalopods.
Habitat
benthopelagic; marine
benthopelagic; marine
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=6568;
shark-references Species-ID=6568;
Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Myxosporea
Monogenea
Cestoda
Trematoda
Nematoda
Acanthocephala
Copepoda
Isopoda
Myxosporea
- Chloromyxum regularis Lisnerova, Martinek, Alama-Bermejo, Bouberlova, Schaeffner, Nkabi, Holzer & Bartosova-Sojkova, 2022 [31228]
Monogenea
- Erpocotyle microstoma (Brooks, 1934) Yamaguti, 1963 [31265]
- Erpocotyle sphyrnae (Maccallum, 1931) [31265]
- Loimosina parawilsoni Bravo-Hollis, 1970 [23771] [26032]
- Loimosina wilsoni Manter, 1944 [31265]
Cestoda
- Callitetrarhynchus gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819) Pintner, 1931 [17852] [16112]
- Dasyrhynchus pacificus Robinson, 1965 [5977] [16112]
- Diplootobothrium springeri Chandler, 1942 [16112]
- Doliobothrium sp. [25840]
- Heteronybelinia nipponica (Yamaguti, 1952) [17922] [16112] [25154]
- Heteronybelinia yamagutii (Dollfus, 1960) [16366] [16112] [27172]
- Mixonybelinia edwinlintoni (Dollfus, 1960) [17926] [17845] [16112]
- Mixonybelinia lepturi Palm, 2004 [16112]
- Nybelinia bilobata Palm, 2004 [16112]
- Nybelinia gopalai Chandra & Hanumantha Rao, 1985 [16112]
- Nybelinia goreensis Dollfus, 1960 [17926] [16112]
- Nybelinia sp. [16112]
- Nybelinia sphyrnae Yamaguti, 1952 [15747] [21816] [32432] [32432]
- Otobothrium carcharidis (Shipley & Hornell, 1906) [24083] [21816]
- Otobothrium penetrans Linton, 1907 [9638] [16112] [17826]
- Paraorygmatobothrium sp. [25840]
- Phoreiobothrium lewinense Caira, Richmond & Swanson, 2005 [16205]
- Platybothrium tantulum Healy, 2003 [7384] [23771]
- Reimeriella mexicoensis Palm, Morales-Avila, Galvan-Magana & Haseli, 2020 [28319]
- Ruhnkebothrium bajaense Caira, Bueno & Jensen, 2021 [30556]
- Ruhnkebothrium mattisi Caira, Bueno & Jensen, 2021 [30556]
- Symbothriorhynchus tigaminacantha Palm, 2004 [17827] [21718]
Trematoda
- Multicalyx cristata Faust & Tang, 1936 [25760] [27172]
- Staphylorchis cymatodes (Johnston, 1913) [11242]
Nematoda
- Euterranova galeocerdonis (Thwaite, 1927) [17029]
- Neoomeia sphyna Yin & Zhang, 1984 [21235]
- Parascarophis sphyrnae Campana-Rouget, 1955 [27694]
- Piscicapillaria bursata Moravec & Barton, 2019 [27694] [28580]
- Pulchrascaris australis Shamsi, Barton & Zhu, 2020 [28522]
- Pulchrascaris chiloscyllii (Johnston & Mawson, 1951) [17029]
Acanthocephala
- Serrasentis sagittifer (Linton, 1889) [27561]
Copepoda
- Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863 [16589] [17000] [26820]
- Alebion crassus (Bere, 1936) [17000] [26820]
- Alebion elegans Capart, 1953 [16589]
- Echthrogaleus denticulatus Smith, 1873 [19356] [19355]
- Eudactylina aspera Heller, 1865 [16583] [17867] [15303] [15305] [27172]
- Eudactylina pollex Cressey, 1967 [16589]
- Kroeyerina scottorum Cressey, 1972 [16589] [15948] [15305] [27172]
- Kroyeria spatulata Pearse, 1948 [15303]
- Kroyeria sphyrnae Rangnekar, 1957 [14785] [17867] [15301] [22489] [27172]
- Nemesis lamna Risso, 1826 [21355]
- Nemesis robusta (Van Beneden, 1851) [16583] [15303]
- Nemesis sp. [27172]
- Nesippus crypturus Heller, 1868 [14785] [16599] [16583] [16589] [15303]
- Nesippus orientalis Heller, 1868 [16583] [15303] [15304] [15284] [27172]
- Nogagus borealis (Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) [17000]
- Pandarus cranchii Leach, 1819 [17000] [33255]
- Pandarus niger Kirtisinghe, 1950 [16569]
- Pandarus smithii Rathbun, 1886 [33255]
- Pandarus sp. [27172]
- Pannosus japonicus (Shiino, 1960) [15305] [27172]
- Perissopus dentatus Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 [16569]
- Pseudopandarus australis Cressey & Simpfendorfer, 1988 [16579] [16569] [25052]
- Tripaphylus vaissierei (Delamare-Deboutteville & Nunes- Ruivo, 1954) [14785] [15305] [25960] [27172]
Isopoda
