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Definition of Sphyrnidae
1. Noun. Hammerhead sharks; bonnethead sharks.
Generic synonyms: Fish Family
Group relationships: Elasmobranchii, Selachii, Subclass Elasmobranchii, Subclass Selachii
Member holonyms: Genus Sphyrna, Sphyrna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphyrnidae
Literary usage of Sphyrnidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... relations of the several species of Corax are not certainly known, and they
may belong to the Lam- nidas. Family Sphyrnidae, or Hammer-head Sharks. ..."
2. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of ChangeTechno (1994)
"... 12-15 Great White Shark Photo John Sneed Photo Ron and Valerie Taylor white
shark (Figure 12-15); and the Sphyrnidae, which include the hammerheads. ..."
3. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"Sphyrnidae HAMMERHEAD SHARKS One of the larger sharks in the Arabian Gulf and
east coast. Two species present. Head characteristically flattened and ..."
4. Sharks of Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (2000)
"The hammerheads (family Sphyrnidae), which are thought to have evolved from the
requiem sharks only a few tens of millions of years ago, are also viviparous ..."
5. Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo Group, Paleocene) of by Albert E. Sanders (1998)
"Utilisation of a tropical bay as a nursery area by sharks of the families
Carcharhinidae and Sphyrnidae. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 37:337-345. ..."
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