Spoonhead hammerhead shark

Spoonhead hammerhead shark
Systematics
without rank: Sharks (selachii) Superordinate : Galeomorphii Order : Ground Sharks (Carcharhiniformes) Family : Hammerhead Sharks (Sphyrnidae) Genre : Sphyrna Type : Spoonhead hammerhead shark
Scientific name
Sphyrna media
Springer , 1940

The spoon-headed hammerhead shark ( Sphyrna media ) belongs to the family of hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae).

The Greek word Sphyrna for hammer describes the shape of the head, but here it is more like a spoon than a hammer.

anatomy

The average size is between 120 and 130 centimeters, but there are also larger specimens.

distribution

Distribution areas of the spoon-head hammerhead

The spoon-head hammerhead is found in tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean (between latitudes 31 ° N and 34 ° S) mainly near the coast of the continental shelf .

Reproduction

The spoon-head hammerhead is viviparous . The young talent in the uterus of the mother animal approach and feeds to birth a yolk sac - placenta . The young are born with a size of 30 to 35 centimeters. The males of the spoon-head hammerheads reach sexual maturity at a size of about 90 centimeters, the females at a size of 100 to 130 centimeters.

Web links

Commons : Spoonhead Hammerhead Shark ( Sphyrna media )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sphyrna media on Fishbase.org (English)
• Sphyrna media. In: Shark Foundation.
• Sphyrna media inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Endangered Species . Posted by: Casper, BM & Burgess, GH, 2006. Retrieved October 12, 2013.