Scalloped hammerhead  (Sphyrna lewini)

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Glossary

By-catch: In the fishing industry, the part of the catch made up of non-target species.
Cephalopoda: From the Greek for ‘head-foot', a class of molluscs that occur only in marine habitats. All species have grasping tentacles, and either an internal or external shell. Includes nautiloids, cuttlefish, squids, octopuses, and extinct ammonites and belemnites.
Dorsal fin: The unpaired fin found on the back of the body of fish, or the raised structure on the back of most cetaceans.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (April, 2005)
    http://www.redlist.org
  2. Florida Museum of Natural History (April, 2005)
    http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/Schammer/ScallopedHammerhead.html
  3. FishBase (April, 2005)
    http://64.95.130.5/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=912&genusname=Sphyrna&speciesname=lewini
  4. Shark Gallery (April, 2005)
    http://sharks-med.netfirms.com/med/scalhamm.htm
  5. Reef Quest Centre for Shark Research (April, 2005)
    http://www.elasmo-research.org/index.html