Great Hammerhead Sphyrna mokarran

Classification

Sphyrnidae [family]

Sphyrna [genus] (6)

Sphyrnidae [family]

Sphyrna [genus] (6)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Saba
	Sint Eustatius
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Aruba
	Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
	Indigenous (1) - Saba
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten

Notes on presence status	Marine species are considered ubiquitous around the Dutch Caribbean islands by Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on Saba.

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