Common Names	Smooth Hammer Head, Black Hammer Head
Scientific Order	Carcharhiniformes
Scientific Family	Sphyrnidae(Bonnethead Sharks.HammerheadSharks.Scoophead Sharks)
Scientific Name	Sphyrna zygaena
Usuall Colour	Olive grey, dusky tipped fins. White underside.
Size(cm)	400
Usual Distribution	- - -Places Where Found- - -Worldwide Worldwide, inshore, offshore and tropical waters.
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Telltale Features	Hammer shaped head, though it may be confused with other hammer headed sharks.
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This type of hammer head is often seen swimming with it's dorsal fin or caudal fin exposed. Is considered dangerous. Young are born live, bearing 55cm long, in litters of 29 to 37. It eats most bony fishes, also stingrays, several have been found with many stings in their mouths from the stingrays tails. The stingrays make up a large part of their diet. This is one of the many species of shark where, unfortunately, their fins are made into shark fin soup.