NO. 3639 HAMMERHEAD SHARKS GILBERT 39 



06°27' to 06°25' N., BB^Od' to 55°10' W. Trinidad: FMNH 3165 (2), 

 no further data; SU 19193 (1), 1°29' N., 10°39' W. (This locality, as 

 listed, is not close to Trinidad.) United States (Florida) : USNM 

 106544 (1), UMMZ 155050 (1), Englewood; USNM 108451 (holotype 

 of Sphyrna diplana), Englewood; USNM 133580 (1), Merritt Island, 

 Brevard Co.: UF 455 (1), Matanzas Inlet, St. Johns Co.; UF 4208 (1), 

 Fernandina, Nassau Co. (Georgia) : UF 5463 (1), mouth of St. Simons 

 Sound, Glynn Co. (South Carolina): USNM 25180 (1), Charleston; 

 USNM, 32°42' N., 79°02' W. (Texas): FMNH 37798 fl). Port 

 Aransas; USNM 158561 (1), Freeport; MCZ 35223 (1) MCZ 35826- 

 35828 (3), USNM 116449 (3), USNM 118660 (1), Galveston; SU 

 18390 (1), no further data. 



Pacific Ocean (including Indian Ocean and Red Sea) : Aden : 

 BMNH 1925.7.20.32.37 (6), Gulf of Aden. Biu-ma: SU 14496 (1), 

 South Moscos Island group. Celebes: MCZ 479 (1), no further data; 

 USNM 170557 (1), Makassar market. China: SU 14150 (1), Tinghai, 

 Chu Shan Island; USNM 130604 (1), Foochow. Costa Rica: SIO 

 52-94 (1), Puntarenas. Eritrea: USNM 49330 (1), Red Sea, at 

 Massaua. Hawaii: MCZ 471 (1), USNM 151539 (1), Honolulu; 

 USNM 52642 (1), USNM 52644 (1), Honolulu, 28°31'00" N., 

 141°47'00" W.; SU 12765 (1), SU 14088 (1), MCZ 79 (1), MCZ 456 

 (1), no further data. India: SU 14398 (1), Calicut. Java: USNM 

 72476 (1), Batavia. Japan: UAIMZ 177119 (1), Southern Chosen 

 (South Korea?). Mexico: SU 11696 (1), no fiu-ther data; USNM 

 120376 (head), Gulf of California, off San Marcos Island. New Cale- 

 donia: USNM 111201 (head), USNM 111243-111244 (2 dried skins), 

 no further data. Panama: ANSP 565 (1), MCZ 517 (2), "Pacific 

 side," no fiu-ther data; USNM 29289 (1), USNM 111414 (stuffed skin), 

 no further data; ANSP 82186 (2), San Miguel Bay, Garachine Pt.; 

 MCZ 1063 (1), MCZ 1059-1061 (3), Panama Bay, San Miguel Island; 

 MCZ 1088-1092 (.5), Panama Bay, near Panama; UCLA 53-275 (3), 

 Panama Bay, between Panama City and Punta Gorda. Philippines: 

 USNM 170554 (1), Iloilo market; USNM 170555-170556 (2), Manila 

 market; USNM 56337 (1), Cavite. Society Islands: MCZ 460 (3), 

 USNM 153587 (1) (syntypes of Cestracion oceanica), no further data. 



Nomenclature. — Sphyrna lewini was originally described (as 

 Zygaena leivini Griffith and Smith, 1834, p. 640, pi. 50) from the 

 south coast of Australia, or "New Holland," as it was then called. 

 Although the description lists none of the important diagnostic 

 features, the accompanying picture (pi. 3) is identifiable, and can be 

 recognized by the distinct median indentation on the anterior part of 

 the head and the low second dorsal fin with a long lobe. 



In the past Griffith has been cited as the original describer of 

 Sphyrna lewini, a circumstance resulting from the inclusion of his 



