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Sphyrna Alleni
''Sphyrna alleni'', the shovelbill shark, is a species of hammerhead shark found along the West Atlantic coast from Belize to Brazil. Its pointed cephalofoil distinguishes it from the more northern bonnethead shark (''Sphyrna tiburo''), from which it was split in 2024. The species is also diagnosed by different tooth and precaudal vertebrae counts. Etymology The species is named after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation funded the research efforts that led to the discovery of the species. The common name of "shovelbill shark" corresponds to the name used for the shark in Belize, where the holotype was discovered. Discovery A 2012 study of the mitochondrial gene NADH2 across elasmobranchs compared bonnethead shark specimens from the Gulf of Mexico and Trinidad, and found that the two groups clustered separately, and that ''Sphyrna tiburo'' was likely a species complex. The southern lineage was provisionally referred to as ''Sphyrna'' cf. ''tib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Gonzalez
Cindy may refer to: People *Cindy (given name), a list of people named Cindy, Cindi, Cyndi or Cyndy *Tugiyati Cindy (born 1985), Indonesian footballer *Cindy (singer), Japanese singer Music * Cindy (musical), ''Cindy'' (musical), an off-Broadway production in 1964 and 1965 *Cindy (folk song), "Cindy" (folk song), American folk song (also known as "Cindy, Cindy") *"Cindy, Oh Cindy", 1956 adaptation of the folk song "Pay Me My Money Down" *"Cindy", song by C. Jérôme M. Mesure, J. Albertini, F. Richard; #6 in France 1976 *"Cindy", 1976 song by Peter, Sue and Marc *"Cindy", 2000 song by American rock band Tammany Hall NYC *"Cindy", a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2015 album ''The Ties That Bind: The River Collection'' Other * Cindy, an episode of the American TV series ''List of Highway to Heaven episodes#Season 2 (1985–86), Highway to Heaven'' * Cindy (film), ''Cindy'' (film), 1978 TV movie adaptation of the Cinderella story * Cindy, a male dolphin that informally married a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |