Smooth hammerhead
Sphyrna zygaena
Category: Sharks & Rays
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Carcharhiniformes
- Family
- Sphyrnidae
- Genus
- Sphyrna
Where to Find
Found in 21 diving areas across 14 countries and 9 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 10 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 135 records
- Victoria, Australia - 7 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 118 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 1886 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 865 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 2 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 53 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 1 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 2 records
- Azores, Portugal - 3 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 4 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 2 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 2 records