Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
| Description: 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; distinct indentation of the front margin of the head at
its midpoint; second dorsal fin longer than tail; gray-brown to olive in color with white
underbelly; teeth smooth-edged; pectoral fins tipped with black on the undersurface; tips
of first and second dorsal lobes and caudal also may have dusky tips; pelvic fin with
nearly straight hind margin.
Similar fish: other hammerhead sharks. |
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| Where found: both OFFSHORE and INSHORE.
Size: common to 6 feet and can reach 14 feet. |
Remarks: predatory fish, feeding mainly on fish,
squid, and stingrays; male matures at about 6 feet in length.
Florida record 991
lbs. |
