 "Eusphyra" was resurrected by Henry Bigelow and William Schroeder in 1948, and came into wider usage after additional taxonomic research was published by Leonard Compagno in 1979 and 1988.Nevertheless, some sources still refer to this species as "Sphyrna blochii".Other common names for the winghead shark include arrowhead, arrow-headed hammerhead shark, and slender hammerhead.