Sphyrna - Wikipedia
Sphyrna is a genus of hammerhead sharks with a cosmopolitan distribution in the world's oceans. Members of Sphyrna have a tendency to inhabit coastal waters along the intertidal zone rather than the open ocean, as their prey such as invertebrates, fish, rays, small crustaceans, and other benthic organisms hide in the sands and sediment along ...
Sphyrna alleni - Wikipedia
Sphyrna alleni, the shovelbill shark, is a species of hammerhead shark found along the West Atlantic coast from Belize to Brazil. Its pointed cephalofoil distinguishes it from the more northern bonnethead shark (Sphyrna tiburo), from which it was split in 2024. The species is also diagnosed by different tooth and precaudal vertebrae counts.
Hammerhead shark - Wikipedia
The hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks that form the family Sphyrnidae, named for the unusual and distinctive form of their heads, which are flattened and laterally extended into a cephalofoil (a T-shape or "hammer").
Sphyrna - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
The great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran: DF 17/16-17) is the largest hammerhead shark (up to 6 m) and has a nearly rectangular cephalofoil. It preys extensively on rays and other sharks and has teeth with serrated edges (Fig. 2.24).
Sphyrna lewini, Scalloped hammerhead : fisheries, gamefish
Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Carcharhiniformes (Ground sharks) > Sphyrnidae (Hammerhead, bonnethead, or scoophead sharks) Etymology: Sphyrna: Probable misspelling of sphyra (Gr.), hammer, referring to their hammer-shaped heads.
Sphyrna - Animalia
Sphyrna is a genus of hammerhead sharks with a cosmopolitan distribution in the world's oceans. Members of Sphyrna have a tendency to inhabit coastal waters along the intertidal zone rather than the open ocean, as their prey such as invertebrates, fish, rays, small crustaceans, and other benthic organisms hide in the sands and sediment along ...
Sphyrna mokarran – Discover Fishes - Florida Museum
2024年9月18日 · Sphyrna mokarran. A great hammerhead cruises through the waters of the Bahamas. Photo © Petra Oberucova. The great hammerhead is the largest of the hammerheads in the family Sphyrnidae. The “hammer head”, or cephalophoil, is straight and square relative to the major axis of the body.
Smooth hammerhead - Sphyrna zygaena - Shark Research Institute
This species is considered near-threatened, and may be confused with the Scalloped hammerhead shark - Sphyrna lewini in the tropics.
Sphyrna zygaena – Discover Fishes - Florida Museum
2024年1月1日 · Sphyrna zygaena. This coastal shark prefers shallow waters, and are reported to even venture in freshwater. Sporting a wide and smooth cephalophoil or “hammerhead” this seasonal migrant is the second largest in the genus Sphyrna. Order – Carcharhiniformes Family – Sphyrnidae Genus – Sphyrna Species – zygaena Common Names
Bonnethead - Wikipedia
The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, [3] is a small member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae. It is an abundant species in the littoral zone of the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico , is the only shark species known to display sexual dimorphism in the morphology of ...