Home
 About Madagascar
  Maps
  People
  History
  FAQs
  Environment
 Flora
 Wildlife
  Birds
  Fish
  Frogs
  Invertebrates
  Lemurs
  Mammals
  Reptiles
 Places
  Antananarivo
 Conservation
  ANGAP
  Parks
  Guides
  News
 Photos
 Video
 Madagascar Travel
 About the site
 How to help
 Books
 Links
 Contact



Bonnethead shark - Sphyrna tiburo

Family SPHYRNIDAE - Hammerhead sharks

Resouces from government sites on Sphyrna tiburo :

Description Bonnethead- Sphyrno tiburo
Taxonomy. Karl Linnaeus first described this species as Sphyrna tiburo
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/sharkkey/bonnethead.html

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo). Biological Profile Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Sphyrna_tiburo.html

ADW: Sphyrna tiburo: Information
...tiburo. Sphyrna tiburo (bonnethead shark or bonnethead). ... Family: Sphyrnidae.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Carcharhiniformes.html

ADW: Carcharhiniformes: Pictures
...retifer. great hammerhead Sphyrna mokarran, bonnethead shark or bonnethead Sphyrna
http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Sphyrn_tiburo.htm

Sphyrn_tiburo
Species Name: Sphyrna tiburo. Common Name: (Bonnethead Shark). I. TAXONOMY. ... Species
http://www.sms.si.edu/IRLFieldGuide/Sharks_rays.htm

Introduction
Atlantic Stingray (Dasyatis sabina). Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus).
http://www.uri.edu/artsci/bio/wilga/bonnethead.html

bonnethead
Wilga, CD and PJ Motta (2000) Durophagy in sharks: feeding mechanics of the hammerhead
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/biology/Parsons.html

GLENN R. PARSONS
Parsons, GR, and J. Carlson. 1998. Physiological and behavioral responses to hypoxia
http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ghri/sharkreproduction.html

Shark Reproduction and Mating System Evolutio
Current GHRI research in this area includes studying the genetic basis of mating
http://www.miami.edu/sharklab/aboutbimini_sharks.html

Bimini Biological Field Station - shark research & marine biology ...
Atlantic/Caribbean Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae/porosus); Bonnethead
http://biomechanics.bio.uci.edu/_html/nh_biomech/hammer/hammer.htm

Head Turner
The bonnethead shark (Sphyrna tiburo), common throughout the Western Hemisphere's
http://www.bio.fsu.edu/mote/ifrepubs.html

IFRE Publications and Presentations
1998. Physiological and behavioral responses to hypoxia in the bonnethead shark,
http://psrc.mlml.calstate.edu/enps.htm

PSRC - Eastern North Pacific Sharks
...in Cuvier, Griffith & Smith, 1834) — Scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna mokarran
http://links.baruch.sc.edu/Data/SpeciesLists/Fishes.html

Baruch Institute Data Archives | Sharks, Skates, Rays, & Other ...
Sphyrnidae - hammerheads, Sphyrna lewini, scalloped hammerhead, R, R, J, Ad. Sphyrna
http://www.bmb.ogi.edu/BMB/rasmussen.html

LEL (BETS) RASMUSSEN
Serum steroid hormones including 11-ketotestosterone, 11-ketoandrostenedione, and
http://snapper.bio.umass.edu/vmmnh/fishcoll.html

MASTER LIST OF HOLDINGS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FISH ...
Species, Common Name, Number, Lots, Fam. Sphyrna tiburo, Bonnethead shark, 21 -
http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/contacts/view_vitae.php?id=343

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
2001. Gill lesions associated with Erpocotyle tiburonis (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae)
http://artedi.fish.washington.edu/asih/sessions/sess-06.htm



Academic web resources on Sphyrna tiburo :

Durophagy in sharks: feeding mechanics of the hammerhead Sphyrna ...
J Exp Biol. 2000 Sep;203 Pt 18:2781-96. Durophagy in sharks: feeding mechanics
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12189596&dopt=Abstract

Plasma biochemistry reference values of wild bonnethead sharks ...
Vet Clin Pathol. 2002;31(3):111-5. Plasma biochemistry reference values
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=160502

ITIS Standard Report Page: Sphyrna tiburo
Go to Print Version, Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758) Taxonomic Serial No.: 160502.
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=publication&search_id=pub_id&search_id_value=2161

ITIS 'Publication' Search results for Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. ...
...ley, great hammerhead. Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758) -- valid -- bonnethead,
http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/recreational/survey/species_group_list.html

MRFSS - Survey Species Groups
Sphyrna spp. hammerhead shark genus. Sphyrna tiburo, bonnethead. Sphyrna zygaena,
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r4/pinefish.htm

Checklists of the United States
...brevirostis ___ Atlantic Sharpnose Shark Rhizoprionodon terraenovae ___ Great Hammerhead
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r4/fislist.htm

Checklists of the United States
Chaetodipterus faber ___ Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber ___ Blacktip Shark
http://www.nps.gov/pais/pphtml/subanimals4.html

Padre Island National Seashore - Nature & Science
Bonefish - Albula vulpes. Bonnethead - Sphyrna tiburo. Broad Flounder - Paralichthys
http://www.epa.gov/emap/html/dataI/estuary/data/vp90/fish/fish_tax.txt

Dataset: Fish Species List File Name: fish_tax.txt Date Created: 5 ...
CARCPORO,CARCHARHINUS,POROSUS,CARCHARHINUS POROSUS, 160409,CARCISOD,CARCHARHINUS,
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/SCS_assesstxt.htm

SCS text only
...of the USA This management group presently includes the Atlantic sharpnose
http://ceres.ca.gov/thesaurus/help.desk/thesaurus/NPS_words.txt



WildMadagascar.org needs your help!
Submit content and pictures, correct errors, provide feedback, fill in the blanks for this page!


Almost all pictures on this site were taken with a Konica Minolta



home | photos index | search | about | contact

Unless otherwise noted, all content and images are the property of Rhett Butler, content copyright 2004-2005.
All rights reserved.