Bonnethead
Sphyrna tiburo
Also known as: Bonnet Hammerhead, Bonnet Shark, Bonnethead Shark, Bonnetnose Shark, Pacific Bonnethead Shark, Shovelhead, Shovelhead Shark
- Bonnet Hammerhead
- Bonnet Shark
- Bonnethead Shark
- Bonnetnose Shark
- Pacific Bonnethead Shark
- Shovelhead
- Shovelhead Shark
Overview
Found usually in small shivers, but have been known to congregate in their hundreds, over mud and sandy areas of shallow bays, estuaries, and coastal reefs, on the continental and insular shelves. Also found on shallow grass flats at night searching for prey.
They feed nocturnally on bivalves, crustaceans, fish, and octopus.
These sharks are shy in nature and generally considered harmless.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean, Eastern Atlantic
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Found usually in small shivers, but have been known to congregate in their hundreds, over mud and sandy areas of shallow bays, estuaries, and coastal reefs, on the continental and insular shelves.
Adult photos 1
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