Sphyrna lewini

Superorder: Galeomorphii

Subclass: Elasmobranchii

Order: Carcharhiniformes

Family: Sphyrnidae

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External references for this species:

IUCN Red List
Species Regulated by International Treaties

CITES: Appendix II (2013)

CMS: Appendix II (2014)

Traits

Length

Name Value Standard ValueType Sex Location Reference
Lmat50 205 cm TL Female Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Lmat50 175 cm TL Male Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Lmax-observed 335.6 cm TL Pooled Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Lmat50 201 cm TL raw_value Female Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
Lmat50 175 cm TL raw_value Male Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
Lmat50 204 cm TL raw_value Female Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
Lmat50 170 cm TL raw_value Male Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
Lbirth 49 cm TL min Pooled Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
Lbirth 49 cm TL min Pooled Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
Length at first maturity 220 cm TL raw_value Female Oaxaca -Mexico bejaranoalvarez2011
Length at first maturity 180 cm TL raw_value Male Oaxaca -Mexico bejaranoalvarez2011
Length at first maturity 215 cm TL raw_value Female Chiapas campuzanocaballero2002
Lmat50 175.6 cm TL mean Male Chiapas campuzanocaballero2002
Lbirth 46 cm TL min Male Senegal capape1998
Lbirth 43.5 cm TL min Female Senegal capape1998
Lmat50 217.14 cm TL raw_value Female Gulf of California carrerafernandez2011
Lmat50 173.03 cm TL raw_value Male Gulf of California carrerafernandez2011
Lmat95 244.28 cm TL raw_value Female Gulf of California carrerafernandez2011
Lmat95 198.6 cm TL raw_value Male Gulf of California carrerafernandez2011
Lmat50 208.06 cm TL raw_value Female Mexican Central Pacific carrerafernandez2011
Lmat50 174.72 cm TL raw_value Male Mexican Central Pacific carrerafernandez2011
Lmat95 241.19 cm TL raw_value Female Mexican Central Pacific carrerafernandez2011
Lmat95 215.16 cm TL raw_value Male Mexican Central Pacific carrerafernandez2011
Lmat50 226.18 cm TL raw_value Female Gulf of Tehuantepec carrerafernandez2011
Lmat50 177.7 cm TL raw_value Male Gulf of Tehuantepec carrerafernandez2011
Lmat95 246.73 cm TL raw_value Female Gulf of Tehuantepec carrerafernandez2011
Lmat95 207.1 cm TL raw_value Male Gulf of Tehuantepec carrerafernandez2011
Lmax-observed 230.1 cm PCL max Male Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Lmax-observed 243.1 cm PCL max Female Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Lmat50 183.12 cm PCL mean Female Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Lmat50 161.5 cm PCL mean Male Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Lbirth 30.4 cm PCL min Pooled Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Length at first maturity 136 cm PCL min Male Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Length of largest immature 206 cm PCL max Male Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Length at first maturity 155.2 cm PCL min Female Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Length of largest immature 192 cm PCL max Female Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Lmax-observed 289.8 cm TL max Male East Australian coast harry2011a
Lmax-observed 218.2 cm TL max Male East Australian coast harry2011a
Lmat50 204.3 cm TL mean Male East Australian coast harry2011a
Lmat50 147.1 cm TL mean Male East Australian coast harry2011a
Lbirth 46.5 cm TL min Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
Lmax-observed 315.2 cm TL Female Mexican Central Pacific perezjimenez1997
Lmax-observed 246.6 cm TL Male Mexican Central Pacific perezjimenez1997
Lbirth 45 cm TL Pooled Mexican Central Pacific perezjimenez1997
Lmax-observed 316 cm TL max Female Timor Sea stevens1989d
Lmax-observed 239 cm TL max Male Timor Sea stevens1989d
Lmat50 140 cm TL min Male Timor Sea stevens1989d
Lmat50 200 cm TL visual_estimation Female Timor Sea stevens1989d
Length at first maturity 135 cm TL min Male Timor Sea stevens1989d
Length of largest immature 161 cm TL max Male Timor Sea stevens1989d
Length at first maturity 228 cm TL min Female Timor Sea stevens1989d
Lbirth 40 cm TL Pooled Timor Sea stevens1989d
Lmat50 207 cm TL raw_value Female Gulf of California torreshuerta2008
Lmat50 170 cm TL raw_value Male Gulf of California torreshuerta2008
Lmax-observed 363 cm TL raw_value Female Gulf of California torreshuerta2008
Lmax-observed 290 cm TL raw_value Male Gulf of California torreshuerta2008
Lbirth 41 cm TL min Pooled Gulf of California torreshuerta2008
Length of largest immature 204 cm TL raw_value Female Gulf of California torreshuerta2008
Length of largest immature 170 cm TL raw_value Male Gulf of California torreshuerta2008
Length at first maturity 190 cm TL raw_value Male Campeche uribemartinez1993
Lmax-observed 231 cm TL raw_value Male Campeche uribemartinez1993
Lbirth 38 cm TL raw_value Pooled Campeche uribemartinez1993
Lmax-observed 316.8 cm TL max Female Indonesia white2008a
Lmax-observed 239.9 cm TL max Male Indonesia white2008a
Lmat50 228.5 cm TL mean Female Indonesia white2008a
Lmat95 233.9 cm TL mean Female Indonesia white2008a
Length at first maturity 220 cm TL max Female Indonesia white2008a
Lmat50 175.6 cm TL mean Male Indonesia white2008a
Lmat95 176.2 cm TL mean Male Indonesia white2008a
Lbirth 43 cm TL min Pooled Indonesia white2008a
Lbirth 39 cm TL min Pooled Indonesia white2008a
Lmat50 220 cm TL raw_value Female Gulf of Mexico zaraterustrian2002
Lmat50 161 cm TL raw_value Male Gulf of Mexico zaraterustrian2002
Lmax-observed 171 cm TL max Pooled Gulf of Papua White2019

Reproduction

Name Value Standard ValueType Sex Location Reference
Breeding July-August Month Female Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Parturition June-July Month Female Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Gestation length 10 Month Female Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Uterine fecundity 30 n mean Female Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Embryonic sex ratio 1.2:1 n Female Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Max oviducal width 50 mm raw_value Female Oaxaca -Mexico bejaranoalvarez2011
Parturition July-September Month raw_value Female Oaxaca -Mexico bejaranoalvarez2011
Gestation length 10 Month raw_value Female Oaxaca -Mexico bejaranoalvarez2011
Uterine fecundity 6 n min Female Oaxaca -Mexico bejaranoalvarez2011
Uterine fecundity 6 n min Female Chiapas campuzanocaballero2002
Ovum diameter 31 g max Female Senegal capape1998
Ovum diameter 25 mm median Female Senegal capape1998
Parturition May Month min Female Senegal capape1998
Ovarian fecundity 40.75 n mean Female Senegal capape1998
Uterine fecundity 14.5 n mean Female Senegal capape1998
Uterine fecundity 18 n min Female Senegal capape1998
Breeding interval 1 Year Female Senegal capape1998
Uterine fecundity 19 n min Pooled Gulf of California carrerafernandez2011
Uterine fecundity 13 n min Pooled Mexican Central Pacific carrerafernandez2011
Uterine fecundity 6 n min Pooled Gulf of Tehuantepec carrerafernandez2011
Uterine fecundity 10 n median Female Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Ovum diameter 41 n max Female Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
Uterine fecundity 34.6 n mean Female Mexican Central Pacific perezjimenez1997
Embryonic sex ratio 3659 n Female Mexican Central Pacific perezjimenez1997
Uterine fecundity 16.5 n mean Female Timor Sea stevens1989d
Gestation length 11 Month Female Gulf of California torreshuerta2008
Uterine fecundity 25 n mean Female Gulf of California torreshuerta2008
Embryonic sex ratio 1 n Pooled Gulf of California torreshuerta2008
Uterine fecundity 25.3 n mean Pooled Indonesia white2008a
Uterine fecundity 14 n min Pooled Indonesia white2008a

Age

Name Value Standard ValueType Sex Location Reference
Amax-observed 27.3 Year Pooled Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Amax-observed 20 Year raw_value Female Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
Amax-observed 11.5 Year raw_value Male Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
Amax-observed 13.5 Year raw_value Female Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
Amax-observed 11 Year raw_value Male Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
Amax-observed 12.5 Year raw_value Female Gulf of California anisladotolentino2008
Amax-observed 11 Year raw_value Male Gulf of California anisladotolentino2008
Amat50 13.15 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
Amat95 18.42 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
Amat50 8.92 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
Amat95 9.6 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
Amax-observed 35 Year raw_value Female Indonesia drew2015
Amax-observed 19 Year raw_value Male Indonesia drew2015
Amat50 13.15 Year mean Female Indonesia drew2015
Amat95 18.42 Year mean Female Indonesia drew2015
Age at first maturity 11 Year min Female Indonesia drew2015
Age of largest immature 16 Year max Female Indonesia drew2015
Amat50 8.92 Year mean Male Indonesia drew2015
Amat95 9.6 Year mean Male Indonesia drew2015
Age at first maturity 8 Year min Male Indonesia drew2015
Age of largest immature 8 Year max Male Indonesia drew2015
Amax-observed 21 Year max Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
Amax-observed 12 Year max Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
Amat50 8.9 Year mean Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
Amat50 5.7 Year mean Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a

Demography

Name Value Standard ValueType Sex Location Reference
Natural mortality 0.32 Coefficient mean Pooled Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Total mortality 0.9 Coefficient mean Pooled Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2000
Total mortality 1.25 Coefficient Pooled Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
Total mortality 1.4 Coefficient Pooled Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
Natural mortality 0.215 Coefficient Pooled Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
Natural mortality 0.215 Coefficient Pooled Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
Fishing mortality 0.99 Coefficient Pooled Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
Fishing mortality 1.13 Coefficient Pooled Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008

Growth

Name Value Standard ValueType Sex Location Reference
Linf 352.3 cm Female Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2001
Linf 336.4 cm Male Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2001
k 0.156 Coefficient Female Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2001
k 0.131 Coefficient Male Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2001
t0 -0.633 Year Female Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2001
t0 -1.091 Year Male Mexican Central Pacific anisladotolentino2001
Linf 358.5 cm raw_value Female Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
Linf 336 cm raw_value Male Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
Linf 376 cm raw_value Female Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
Linf 364 cm raw_value Male Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
Linf 376 cm raw_value Female Gulf of California anisladotolentino2008
Linf 364.12 cm raw_value Male Gulf of California anisladotolentino2008
k 0.13 Coefficient raw_value Female Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
k 0.12 Coefficient raw_value Male Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
k 0.1 Coefficient raw_value Female Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
k 0.123 Coefficient raw_value Male Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
k 0.1 Coefficient raw_value Female Gulf of California anisladotolentino2008
k 0.123 Coefficient raw_value Male Gulf of California anisladotolentino2008
t0 -0.96 Year raw_value Female Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
t0 -1.1 Year raw_value Male Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
t0 -1.16 Year raw_value Female Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
t0 -1.18 Year raw_value Male Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
t0 -1.16 Year raw_value Female Gulf of California anisladotolentino2008
t0 -1.18 Year raw_value Male Gulf of California anisladotolentino2008
Linf 307.5 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
k 0.095 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
L0 43.9 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 17.44 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
Linf 305 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
k 0.075 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
L0 51.9 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 7.547 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
Linf 311.3 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
k 0.09 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
L0 44.8 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 16.86 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
Linf 307.5 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
k 0.091 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
L0 50 Coefficient Female Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 17.45 Coefficient Female Indonesia drew2015
Linf 298.9 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
k 0.079 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
L0 50 Coefficient Male Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 7.545 Coefficient Male Indonesia drew2015
Linf 314.1 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
k 0.086 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
L0 50 Coefficient Pooled Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 16.89 Coefficient Pooled Indonesia drew2015
Linf 290.9 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
k 0.156 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
L0 53.2 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 16.79 Coefficient Female Indonesia drew2015
Linf 259.8 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
k 0.155 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
L0 56.8 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 70.27 Coefficient Male Indonesia drew2015
Linf 291.8 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
k 0.152 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
L0 54.2 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 16.1 Coefficient Pooled Indonesia drew2015
Linf 289.6 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
k 0.161 Coefficient mean Female Indonesia drew2015
L0 50 Coefficient Female Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 16.75 Coefficient Female Indonesia drew2015
Linf 248.1 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
k 0.18 Coefficient mean Male Indonesia drew2015
L0 50 Coefficient Male Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 7.858 Coefficient Male Indonesia drew2015
Linf 289.6 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
k 0.159 Coefficient mean Pooled Indonesia drew2015
L0 50 Coefficient Pooled Indonesia drew2015
sigma-growth 16.13 Coefficient Pooled Indonesia drew2015
cv_readers 2.4 Coefficient Pooled Indonesia drew2015
APE 1.7 Coefficient Pooled Indonesia drew2015
PA 98.7 Coefficient Pooled Indonesia drew2015
Linf 330.5 Coefficient mean Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
k 0.077 Coefficient mean Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
L0 582 Coefficient mean Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
sigma-growth 10.413 Coefficient Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
Linf 319.9 Coefficient mean Male East Australian coast harry2011a
k 0.093 Coefficient mean Male East Australian coast harry2011a
L0 56.5 Coefficient mean Male East Australian coast harry2011a
Linf 211.9 Coefficient mean Male East Australian coast harry2011a
k 0.163 Coefficient mean Male East Australian coast harry2011a
L0 56.5 Coefficient mean Male East Australian coast harry2011a
cv_readers 17.9 Coefficient Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
PA 46 Coefficient Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
Linf 315.1 cm raw_value Female Mexican Central Pacific perezjimenez1997
Linf 242.6 cm raw_value Male Mexican Central Pacific perezjimenez1997
k 0.17 Coefficient raw_value Female Mexican Central Pacific perezjimenez1997
k 0.22 Coefficient raw_value Male Mexican Central Pacific perezjimenez1997
Linf 305.3 cm raw_value Female Oaxaca -Mexico zaraterustrian2010
Linf 301.1 cm raw_value Male Oaxaca -Mexico zaraterustrian2010
k 0.13 Coefficient raw_value Female Oaxaca -Mexico zaraterustrian2010
k 0.13 Coefficient raw_value Male Oaxaca -Mexico zaraterustrian2010
t0 -0.51 Year raw_value Female Oaxaca -Mexico zaraterustrian2010
t0 -0.74 Year raw_value Male Oaxaca -Mexico zaraterustrian2010

Relationships

Name Value Standard ValueType Sex Location Reference
a 5.17e-06 Coefficient raw_value Pooled Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
b 3 Coefficient raw_value Pooled Michoacan anisladotolentino2008
a 4.03e-06 Coefficient raw_value Female Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
b 3 Coefficient raw_value Female Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
a 4.3e-06 Coefficient raw_value Male Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
b 3 Coefficient raw_value Male Sinaloa anisladotolentino2008
a 1.3 Coefficient Pooled Chiapas campuzanocaballero2002
b 1.39 Coefficient Pooled Chiapas campuzanocaballero2002
a 1.29 Coefficient Female Chiapas campuzanocaballero2002
b 1.68 Coefficient Female Chiapas campuzanocaballero2002
a 1.3 Coefficient Male Chiapas campuzanocaballero2002
b 0.83 Coefficient Male Chiapas campuzanocaballero2002
a 3.816 Coefficient Pooled Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
b 1.314 Coefficient Pooled Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
a 8.0e-06 Coefficient Female Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
b 3.1 Coefficient Female Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
a 1.0e-05 Coefficient Male Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
b 2.98 Coefficient Male Southwest Indian Ocean deBruyn2005
a 1.538 Coefficient Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
b 1.3 Coefficient Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
a 1.549 Coefficient Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
b 1.43 Coefficient Pooled East Australian coast harry2011a
a 1.28 Coefficient Pooled Timor Sea stevens1989d
b 1.3 Coefficient Pooled Timor Sea stevens1989d
a 0.00399 Coefficient Pooled Timor Sea stevens1989d
b 3.03 Coefficient Pooled Timor Sea stevens1989d
a 0.7727 Coefficient raw_value Pooled Campeche uribemartinez1993
b 1.4303 Coefficient raw_value Pooled Campeche uribemartinez1993
a 4.0e-06 Coefficient Pooled Indonesia white2008a
b 3.028 Coefficient Pooled Indonesia white2008a

Trends

Location Unit Reference
Queensland east coastline, Australia
individual noriega2011 Details
Kwazulu-Natal coast South-Africa
individual dudley2006b Details
North Gulf of Mexico
individual shepherd2005 Details
Northwest Atlantic
individual Hayes2009 Details
West Atlantic
individual jiao2011 Details
West Atlantic
individual jiao2011 Details
northwestern Australia
individual Braccini2020 Details
USA northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas
individual CarlsonDriggersunpubl1 Details
USA northwest Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas
individual CarlsonDriggersunpubl2 Details

Group Trends

Location Unit Reference
Queensland east coastline, Australia
individual Roff2018 Details
Queensland east coastline, Australia
individual Roff2018 Details
Cairns & Townsville, Australia
individual simpfendorfer2011b Details
West Atlantic
individual baum2010 Details
Brazil coast to mid Atlantic
individual bezerra2016 Details
West Atlantic
individual baum2003 Details
Pilbara and Kimberley, Northwest Australia
kg McAuley2012 Details
South Pacific
individual rice2015 Details

Contributors to the data of this species

  • egarcia
  • cmull
  • lsaldana
  • aharry
  • ajudah
  • Nathan Pacoureau