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Name Binomial Name Status Distribution Bonnethead: Sphyrna tiburo: LR/lc Northern South American coast, Gulf of Mexico, Southern California coast Great hammerhead: Sphyrna mokarran: EN Tropical and subtropical coasts Scalloped bonnethead: Sphyrna corona: NT California and Northwest South American coasts Scalloped hammerhead: Sphyrna lewini: EN
The species name is the common name in Arabic مقرن and means "horned". The name was later changed to the current Sphyrna mokarran. [7] For many years, though, the valid scientific name for the great hammerhead was thought to be Sphyrna tudes, which was coined in 1822 by Achille Valenciennes.
Most hammerhead shark species are too small to inflict serious damage to humans. [8] Man carrying a hammerhead shark along a street in Mogadishu, Somalia. The great and the scalloped hammerheads are listed on the World Conservation Union's 2008 Red List as endangered, whereas the smalleye hammerhead is listed as vulnerable.
The great hammerhead shark’s scientific name is Sphyrna mokarran, ... This species of hammerhead shark is the most recently discovered out of the ten species. It was documented by Carter Gilbert ...
Sharks portal; Sphyrna is a genus of hammerhead sharks with a cosmopolitan distribution in the world's oceans. Members of Sphyrna have a tendency to inhabit coastal waters along the intertidal zone rather than the open ocean, as their prey such as invertebrates, fish, rays, small crustaceans, and other benthic organisms hide in the sands and sediment along these zones.
Bull Shark vs. Hammerhead airs July 3 at 10 p.m. on National Geographic, July 7 at 9 p.m. on ESPN2 and July 28 at 9 p.m. on Nat Geo Wild. If you love to see great whites in different locations ...
The 31 hammerhead sharks the captain caught and released this season weighed, on average, between 400 and 600 pounds. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Scientific name Image Alopias pelagicus, Pelagic thresher, Carcharhinus albimarginatus, Silvertip shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus altimus, Bignose shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Grey reef shark, (Carcharhinidae) Carcharhinus brevipinna, Spinner shark, (Carcharhinidae)