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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 December 2024. Family of sharks Hammerhead sharks Temporal range: Early Miocene – recent PreꞒ Ꞓ 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 ...
These observations suggest that the great hammerhead seeks to disable rays with the first bite, a strategy similar to that of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), and that its cephalofoil is an adaptation for prey handling. [21] Great hammerheads have been observed hunting in coral reef flats as shallow as ~0.7 m (2.3 ft). [22]
Carolina hammerhead: Sphyrna gilberti? western Atlantic Ocean Scoophead: Sphyrna media: DD California and northern South American coast Smalleye hammerhead: Sphyrna tudes: VU eastern South American coast Smooth hammerhead: Sphyrna zygaena: VU worldwide subtropical coasts, southern South America, Australia and New Zealand coast Whitefin ...
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 ...
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 smooth hammerhead is one of nine known species of hammerhead shark. It is considered "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's list of threatened species.
Sphyrna alleni is a small species of shark, measuring less than 150 centimetres (4.9 ft) in length. Like other hammerhead sharks , its head is shaped into a flattened cephalofoil. The latter has a more angular anterior edge than that of S. tiburo , and bears lobes on its posterior edges, leading to it being described as "shovel-like". [ 1 ]
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. ...