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| Scientific Name | Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | [South coast of New Holland] southern Australia. |
| Synonym(s) | Cestracion leeuwenii, Cestracion oceanica, Sphyrna diplana, Sphyrna leweni, Zygaena erythraea, Zygaena indica, Zygaena lewini |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 4300mm or 169.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Circumglobal in coastal warm temperate and tropical seas. Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA to Uruguay, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Eastern Atlantic: western Mediterranean to Namibia. Indo-Pacific: Red Sea, East Africa and throughout the Indian Ocean; Japan to New Caledonia, Hawaii and Tahiti. Eastern Pacific: southern California, USA to Ecuador, probably Peru. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Critically Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | The class Pisces, arranged by the Baron Cuvier, pp 640, Pl. 50. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
| Wishlists | Love this species? Click the heart to add it to your wish list. There is no wish to keep this species. |
| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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 | Look up S. lewini on Encyclopedia of Life |
 | Look up S. lewini on Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
| LFS label creator ARN ref:28.203.1503.8546 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:07 (species record created: 2021 Dec 26 05:27) |