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Carolina hammerhead: Sphyrna gilberti? western Atlantic Ocean Scoophead: Sphyrna media: DD California and northern South American coast Smalleye hammerhead: Sphyrna tudes: VU eastern South American coast Smooth hammerhead: Sphyrna zygaena: VU worldwide subtropical coasts, southern South America, Australia and New Zealand coast Whitefin ...
Most hammerhead shark species are too small to inflict serious damage to humans. [8] 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 shark is found in a variety of water depths such as shallow lagoons and coral reefs, and in deeper waters up to 984 feet. These sharks frequent coastal and tropical waters, as ...
Due to the difficulty in identifying the species involved, how many were caused by great hammerheads is uncertain. This shark has been confirmed to be responsible for only one (provoked) bite. [26] The great hammerhead is regularly caught both commercially and recreationally in the tropics, using longlines, fixed bottom nets, hook-and-line, and ...
In this screen capture, Jill Horner a recent transplant to the area from Buffalo, N.Y., captured video of a shark swimming off Hilton Head Island on Sept. 4, 2022, Labor Day weekend.
In a video shared by a boater, swimmers leap out of the water as sharks approach. Hammerhead sharks suddenly surround boaters in Alabama. Watch the scene unfold
There are 44 species of shark found in the Red Sea. [1] This list is not exhaustive. ... Great hammerhead, Sphyrna zygaena. Smooth hammerhead, ...