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Most hammerhead shark species are too small to inflict serious damage to humans. [9] Man carrying a hammerhead shark along a street in Mogadishu, Somalia. The great and the scalloped hammerheads are listed on the World Conservation Union's 2008 Red List as endangered, whereas the smalleye hammerhead is listed as vulnerable.
The scalloped hammerhead was the first shark species to be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. [25] As of 2019, the scalloped hammerhead has been categorized as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. [26] The IUCN cites overfishing as the main cause for the drop in population numbers. [26]
The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.2 m (20 ft).
Size: 14 feet Habitat: Found in tropical waters worldwide. IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered The scalloped hammerhead is one of the bigger of the species. However, they are hard to ...
In 2010, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species rejected proposals from the United States and Palau that would have required countries to strictly regulate trade in several species of hammerhead, oceanic whitetip and dogfish sharks. The majority, but not the required two-thirds of voting delegates, approved the proposal.
The smooth hammerhead is one of nine known species of hammerhead shark. A team of researchers has discovered a potential breeding ground for smooth hammerhead sharks off an island in Ecuador's ...
The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, [3] is a small 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 the only shark species known to be ...
According to the International Shark Attack File, humans have been subject to just 17 documented attacks by hammerhead sharks in recent history, with no human fatalities attributed to the species. ...