EN — Endangered

Sphyrna tiburo

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

↓Decreasing

Population trend

Countries

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01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CHORDATA

Class

CHONDRICHTHYES

Order

CARCHARHINIFORMES

Family

SPHYRNIDAE

Genus

Sphyrna

Sphyrna tiburo belongs to the family SPHYRNIDAE, order CARCHARHINIFORMES, within the CHONDRICHTHYES class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

Marine neriticMajor

04 — Threats

Threats

IUCN Red List: Endangered

Assessed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources

Ongoing

Logging & wood harvesting

Ongoing

Marine & freshwater aquaculture

Ongoing

05 — Conservation

Conservation Actions

Site/area protection

Species management

Species recovery

Awareness & communications

Legislation

Policies and regulations

Compliance and enforcement

06 — Range

Found in 24 Countries

Bahamas Belize Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador El Salvador France French Guiana Georgia Guyana Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Peru Portugal Puerto Rico Suriname Trinidad & Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2025). Sphyrna tiburo (Sphyrna tiburo). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/bonnethead

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