BONNETHEAD SHARK
Sphyrna tiburo
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The average Bonnethead shark (also known as the Shovelhead shark) is a small, common hammerhead shark with a smooth, rounded head.
Bonnethead Shark, Fish Identification - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...
(bonnethead sharks, hammerhead sharks, and scoophead sharks)
GENUS/SPECIES: Sphyrna tiburo
Size: Up to 5 ft (1.6 m) ...
The Family "Bonnethead sharks"
This is the most easily recognised family. All 9 species have laterally expanded blades (hammer-like) on their heads, with circular eyes and internal nicitating eyelids on the outermost edges of their blades.
A six-month behavioral study of a group of ten bonnethead sharks in a semi-natural enclosure documented eighteen unique postures and action patterns - with the group's daily rhythm of activity peaking in the late afternoon.
Bonnethead Shark: Sphyrna tiburo
Appearance:
Broadly widened head in the shape of a shovel
Only slight indentation of anal fin
Front of head not notched at midline
Gray or grayish-brown in color ...
BONNETHEAD SHARK
SQUALIFORMES
Includes sleeper sharks, dogfish sharks, bramble sharks
NO CURRENT ENTRIES ...
Bonnethead sharks are the only sharks known to exhibit sexual dimorphism; that is, male and female adults look different from one another.
A 22-year-old bonnethead shark, part of the hammerhead family, celebrates Shark Week.
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(Rhinobatos lentiginosus), Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum), Bat Ray (Myliobatis californica), Big Skate (Raja binoculata), Black Tip Reef Shark (Carcharchinus metanoperus), Blue Spot Stingray (Taeniura lymma) Dasyatidae, Bonnethead Shark ...
Hammerhead sharks are recognisable for their bizarre head shape which is thought to make the shark more sensitive to electrical signals used to detect hidden prey. There are ten species of hammerhead. The family also includes the bonnethead sharks ...
 See also: Shark, Hammerhead, Hammerhead Shark, Whale, Crustacean
  
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