Sphyrnidae

scoophead

Sphyrna media

Sphyrnid Fish in Gulf of California

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• South America
• Large
• Tropical fish

The scoophead (Sphyrna media) is a little-known species of hammerhead shark, part of the family Sphyrnidae. It inhabits the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, from Panama to southern Brazil, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California to Ecuador, and probably northern Peru, as well. It is found in shallow, inshore habitats.