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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 February 2025. Family of sharks Hammerhead sharks Temporal range: Early Miocene – recent Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Scalloped hammerhead Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes ...
The Carolina hammerhead is named in honor of Carter Gilbert, who unknowingly recorded the first known specimen of the shark off Charleston, South Carolina, in 1967. [6] Dr. Gilbert, who was the curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History from 1961–1998, caught what he believed was an anomalous scalloped hammerhead shark with 10 fewer ...
This shark is heavily fished for its large fins, [4] [5] which are valuable on the Chinese market as the main ingredient of shark fin soup. [6] As a result, great hammerhead populations are declining substantially worldwide, and it has been assessed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as of 2019 ...
The great hammerhead shark is found in a variety of water depths such as shallow lagoons and coral reefs, and in deeper waters up to 984 feet. These sharks frequent coastal and tropical waters, as ...
Hammerheads use their oddly shaped head to find their favorite prey – stingrays.
11-foot hammerhead shark with fish hooks in mouth caught by Texas angler, video shows. Huge hammerhead shark tagged by researchers was almost too much for boat, photos show. Show comments.
Hammerhead sharks are overfished all around the world for their fins and liver oil. As of 2020 an estimated 1.3 to 2.7 million fins are collected each year from smooth and scalloped hammerhead sharks for the shark-fin trade. [34] DNA barcoding can assist in the identification of scalloped hammerhead remains to aid conservation efforts. [35]
According to the International Shark Attack File, humans have been subject to just 17 documented attacks by hammerhead sharks in recent history, with no human fatalities attributed to the species.