The shark, now formally named Sphyrna alleni, had long been hidden in plain sight from the science world due to its striking resemblance to the bonnethead shark (Sphyrna tiburo), making it ...

Sphyrna alleni remained hidden for so long because of its close resemblance to Sphyrna tiburo, a bonnethead shark in the hammerhead genus. After DNA testing in 2017 revealed that there was likely ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Researchers have confirmed the existence of a new species of shark in South America. The shovellbill shark, Sphyrna alleni, was hiding in plain sight due to its resemblance to the ...

According to Cindy Gonzalez from Florida International University (FIU), the species, named Sphyrna alleni, was difficult to identify because of its similarities to the bonnethead shark.

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The shovellbill shark, Sphyrna alleni, was hiding in plain sight due to its resemblance to the bonnethead shark, named Sphyrna tiburo. Researchers, led by Mote Marine Laboratory Director and co ...

Allen, a philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder. Chapman collected tissue samples from bonnethead sharks – the smallest of the known hammerhead shark species – off of Belize for DNA ...