Hammerhead Sharks - Family Sphyrnidae
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HAMMERHEAD SHARK ATTACKS
Many of the hammerheads are harmless to people, but a few species, like the great hammerhead, can be very dangerous.
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Hammerhead Shark
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
active, surface-living shark, genus Sphyrina. Its curious head has lateral projections resembling the crossbar of a T, and its eyes and ears are located in the outer tips of the projections.
Hammerhead Shark Range
Fast Facts
Type: Fish Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: 20 to 30 years Size: 13 to 20 ft (4 to 6 m) Weight: 500 to 1,000 lbs (230 to 450 kg) Group name: School or shoal Did you know?
The hammerhead shark (genus Sphyrna) is a member of the family Sphyrnidae. The eight species of hammerhead range from 2-6 m long, and all species have projections on both sides of the head that give it a resemblance to a flattened hammer.
Hammerhead shark
Hammerhead sharks of the genus Sphyrna are members of the family Sphyrnidae. The only other genus of Sphyrnidae, Eusphyra, contains only one species, Eusphyra blochii, the winghead shark.
Great hammerhead shark
Sphyrna mokarran
The bizarre shape of the head is thought to make the shark more sensitive to electrical signals, which they use to detect hidden prey.
Smooth Hammerhead Shark
The hammerhead sharks are easy to distinguish from other sharks because of the characteristic compressed head. The cephalophoil, or head, is a broad and flattened skull that gives this shark its distinguished shape.
The great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837), can easily be confused with the smooth hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758), because of their similar size.
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark:
Appearance:
fifth gill slit shorter than 4 preceding ones and located posterior to pectoral fin base; flattened head extending to hammer-like lobes on each side; ...
Members of this family are the hammerhead sharks. Their body shape is similar to most ground sharks except for the "hammer" at the tip of their head. They seem to have a very complex social hierarchy and use vigorous bodily movements to figure rank.
Hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran):
Hammerheads are best known for their distinctive mallet-shaped heads and widely spaced eyes, which they swing back and forth while swimming to detect prey.
Hammerhead shark
Life cycle
Sharks mate when the male deposits sperm into the female's body. Male sharks have claspers as part of their pelvic, or second pectoral, fins.
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Hammerhead Shark Size - received from Micheal in Florida.
Q: How big does the hammer head shark get?
A: The largest Hammerhead Shark (Latin name, Sphyrna mokarran) is recorded to be 18 feet 4 inches long; weighing 1,860 pounds.
Discussion Hammerhead sharks are usually found near the surface where they feed on fishes and squids. They are known to attack their own kind as well as people.
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(bonnethead sharks, hammerhead sharks, and scoophead sharks)
GENUS/SPECIES: Sphyrna tiburo
Size: Up to 5 ft (1.6 m) ...
Most hammerhead sharks do not yaw or roll and achieve pitch by using their cephalofoil.
The eyes of hammerhead sharks are located at the outer tips of the head. There are eight species of hammerheads. They can grow to 4.5 m (15 ft.) or more in length. They are found in all tropical and temperate ocean waters of the world.
CARCHARHINIFORMES
cat sharks, finback catsharks, false catsharks, barbeled houndsharks, houndsharks, weasel sharks, requiem sharks, hammerhead sharks
LEOPARD SHARK
PACIFIC BLACKTIP REEF SHARK ...
The blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
7. The narrowtooth shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus)
8. The hammerhead shark (Sphyma spp.*)
9. The spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
10. The blue shark (Carcharhinus glauca) ...
No species is known to regularly prey on nurse sharks, although they have been found in the stomach contents of lemon, tiger, bull, and great hammerhead sharks.
Some sharks are probably not very picky about what they eat. But certain kinds of sharks eat some foods more than others. For example, hammerhead sharks eat mostly stingrays. Tiger sharks eat sea turtles. And whale sharks eat plankton.
 See also: Hammerhead, Shark, Tiger, Whale, White Shark
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