Scalloped bonnethead

Scalloped bonnethead

Taxobox
name = Scalloped bonnethead


status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Chondrichthyes
subclassis = Elasmobranchii
ordo = Carcharhiniformes
familia = Carcharhinidae
genus = "Sphyrna"
species = "S. corona"
binomial = "Sphyrna corona"
binomial_authority = Springer, 1940

The scalloped bonnethead, "Sphyrna corona", is a shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean between latitudes 30° N and 18° S. Its length is up to about 92 cm.

The scalloped bonnethead is found on the continental shelf, presumably inshore. It is viviparous, presumably with 2 young per litter. Probably the smallest species of hammerhead.

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