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Types of Hammerhead Sharks

Hammerheads​
Hammerheads​

The hammerhead shark uses its head to pin down stingrays and eats the ray when the ray is weak and in shock. The great hammerhead, tending to be larger and more aggressive than most hammerheads, occasionally engages in cannibalism, eating other hammerhead sharks, including its own young.

Scalloped ​Bonnethead​
Scalloped ​Bonnethead​

The scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona) is a rare, little-known species of hammerhead shark, and part of the family Sphyrnidae.Its other common names include the mallethead shark and the crown shark.

Scoophead​
Scoophead​

The scoophead (Sphyrna media) is a little-known species of hammerhead shark, part of the family Sphyrnidae. It inhabits the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, from Panama to southern Brazil, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, and probably northern Peru, as well.

Smalleye ​Hammerhead​
Smalleye ​Hammerhead​

The smalleye hammerhead (Sphyrna tudes), also called the golden hammerhead or curry shark, is a small species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae. This species is common in the shallow coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, from Venezuela to Uruguay.

Whitefin ​Hammerhead​
Whitefin ​Hammerhead​

Whitefin Hammerhead Sharks eat a variety of smaller ocean creatures, including mackerel, sardines, herring, cephalopods such as octopi and squids, lobsters, crabs, rays and in rare cases, smaller shark species.

Winghead ​Shark​
Winghead ​Shark​

The winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii) is a species of hammerhead shark, and part of the family Sphyrnidae. Reaching a length of 1.9 m (6.2 ft), this small brown to gray shark has a slender body with a tall, sickle-shaped first dorsal fin.