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Bonnethead
Will Pittenger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Sharks & rays

Bonnethead

Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758)

EN Endangered

Names

EnglishBonnethead
DutchKaphamerhaai
SpanishTiburón cabeza de pala
Chinese窄头双髻鲨
Scientific nameSphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, is the smallest 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 the head, and is one of two shark species known to be omnivorous.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassElasmobranchii
OrderCarcharhiniformes
FamilySphyrnidae
GenusSphyrna

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