 By the rules of binomial nomenclature, "Sphyra tudes" should then become the valid name for the whitefin hammerhead, taking precedence over "S. couardi", and the smalleye hammerhead would revert to being "Sphyrna bigelowi".Taxonomists, though, have been reluctant to change the names again, preferring to keep the smalleye hammerhead as "S. tudes".For this solution to have official status would require a decision by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), to reject the Nice specimen as the lectotype and designate the Cayenne specimen in its place.