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Sphyrna lewini

Mangō Matareva

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Scalloped Hammerhead Shark; German Bogenstirn-Hammerhai; French Requin Manteau à Festons, Requin Halicorne

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mangō Matareva (RR AK), Mango Iravaru / Mango Pouru-‘amara (MG), Mangō ‘Āmara (AT MT), Mangō Re‘a / Mangō ‘Āmara (MK), Mangō Hāmala (TS), Mangō Hāmara (TW), Maheihei Taringa (MH), Lāuiniu / Mangō Āmala (PK); Other Polynesian - Mao Taumata / Mao Hamara (TAH), Matake (MQA); COMMENT: Mangō 'Amara is a widespread name, it is a transliteration of the word "hammer".

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE ? - Cooks - Fr.Poly., Hawai‘i

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Uncommon S.Group and N.Group. PLUS:; Marine, pelagic/offshore

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Injurous bite - serious

KEY FEATURES: To 3.3m TL.(RM91) [ 4.2cm - GBR]

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+	P				++

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
+			P

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Sphyrna lewini (Griffith and Smith, 1834)
SYNONYMS: Zygaena lewini [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; GNATHOSTOMATA (Jawed Vertebrates); PISCES; CHONDRICHTHYES; Carcharhiniformes; SPHYRNIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 2m specimen off NW reef at 20m, ID uncertain (Sims88). Pukapuka: informant reports at NBSAP meeting, 2/2004.

References:
text p.36 Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
plate -037d Myers (1991 2nd Ed.) Fishes of Micronesia
p.23 Randall et al. (1990) Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef....
p.40 Burgess et al. (1988) Atlas of Marine Aquarium Fishes (TFH)
plate 3-04 Lieske & Myers (1996) Coral Reef Fishes
plate 3-07 Allen (1997) Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia....
Species No. 7 Munro (1967) Fishes of New Guinea

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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