Great Hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran)

Status
ESA Candidate Species

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Sphyrnidae
Genus: Sphyrna
Species: mokarran

Key Documents
(All documents are in PDF format.)

Title	Federal Register	Date
Positive 90-day finding on Petitions To List the Great Hammerhead Shark Under the ESA; Request for Information and Initiation of Status Review Submit comments, information, or data on this document, through 06/25/2013	78 FR 24701	04/26/2013
Petition to List the Northwest Atlantic or range-wide population as Threatened and Designate Critical Habitat		03/19/2013
Petition to List as Threatened or Endangered and Designate Critical Habitat		12/21/2012

More Information

• CITES conference takes decisive action to halt decline sharks, other species
• Essential Fish Habitat [pdf]

Updated: April 29, 2013