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The great hammerhead ( Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.2 m (20 ft). It is found in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, inhabiting coastal areas and the continental shelf.
The hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks that form the family Sphyrnidae, named for the unusual and distinctive form of their heads, which are flattened and laterally extended into a cephalofoil (a T-shape or "hammer"). The shark's eyes are placed one on either end of this T-shaped structure, with their small mouths directly centered and ...
Bonnethead. The bonnethead ( Sphyrna tiburo ), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, [3] is a small member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae. It is an abundant species in the littoral zone of the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, is the only shark species known to display sexual dimorphism in the ...
eastern South American coast. Smooth hammerhead. Sphyrna zygaena. VU. worldwide subtropical coasts, southern South America, Australia and New Zealand coast. Whitefin hammerhead. Sphyrna couardi. DD. western Spain coast, west African coast.
A fisherman caught a four-foot shark -- but before he could haul it up (or let it go), the shark was eaten by a Goliath grouper in one jaw-dropping gulp. The incredible video was uploaded by ...
Cpt. Chip Michalove poses with a 13.5-foot, estimated 1,000-pound, hammerhead head shark, he tagged and released on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, near Hilton Head Island. The massive fish got a tag ...
Shark Eat Shark airs July 2 at 9 p.m. on National Geographic and July 26 at 10 p.m. on Nat Geo Wild.. Return of the White Shark. For more than a decade, Skomal, head of the Massachusetts Shark ...
The scalloped hammerhead is a coastal pelagic species; it occurs over continental and insular shelves and in nearby deeper water. It is found in warm temperate and tropical waters, [12] worldwide from 46°N to 36°S. It can be found down to depths over 500 m (1,600 ft), but is most often found above 25 m (82 ft). [13]