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Great hammerhead
Photo: Albert kok · CC BY-SA 4.0

Great hammerhead

Sphyrna mokarran

Also called Cornuda común

Grows to
6.1 m (20 ft)
Group
Shark or ray
Family
Sphyrnidae

Safety

Can biteGive it space. It can bite.

Where to see it

Known from Bay Islands, Egyptian Red Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Maldives and Mexican Caribbean.

Source: GBIF.

Often confused with

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