Smooth Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna zygaena

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Max Depth

200 m

Description

The smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena) is a species of hammerhead shark, and part of the family Sphyrnidae. This species is named "smooth hammerhead" because of the distinctive shape of the head, which is flattened and laterally extended into a hammer shape (called the "cephalofoil"), without an indentation ... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Sri Lanka Montenegro Seychelles New Zealand Ghana +65 more in Seabook

Colors

white

brown

grey

green

Social Behaviour

Group

Habitat and Environment

Open water

Conservation status

(VU) Vulnerable

Danger to human

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