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Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
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Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) specimen
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Sphyrnidae

Great hammerhead

Sphyrna mokarran

A sail high fin hunting bottom rays

  • Brown
  • Gray
  • White
  • Tropical
  • Nearshore
  • Globally widespread
  • Marine fish
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Great hammerhead is a marine fish of coastal and open-ocean waters. Look for a sail high fin hunting bottom rays.

Genus
Sphyrna
Maximum length
610 cm
Water
Marine
Habitat
Coastal and open-ocean waters
Body shape
Shark-shaped
Diet
Carnivorous
Distribution
Warm waters worldwide
Conservation status
CRCritically Endangered

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