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Sphyrna tiburo (Shovelhead; Bonnetnose shark; Bonnethead; Bonnethead shark; Bonnet shark; Bonnet hammerhead)

Synonyms: Sphyrna tiburo tiburo; Sphyrna vespertina; Squalus tiburo
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Wikipedia Abstract

The bonnethead shark or shovelhead (Sphyrna tiburo) is a small member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae. It is an abundant species on the American littoral, and the only shark species known to display sexual dimorphism.
View Wikipedia Record: Sphyrna tiburo

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Sphyrna tiburo

Attributes

Litter Size [2]  10
Maximum Longevity [2]  7 years
Water Biome [1]  Benthic, Coastal
Adult Weight [2]  13.096 lbs (5.94 kg)
Female Maturity [2]  2 years 10 months
Male Maturity [2]  2 years 4 months

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Rio Colorado Biosphere Reserve VI 2320468 Sonora, Mexico  
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary IV 2387149 Florida, United States
Reserva de la Biosfera de Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve VI 1312618 Mexico  

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Carcharhinus plumbeus (Thickskin shark)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Erpocotyle tiburonis[5]
Eudactylina longispina[6]
Perissopus dentatus[6]
Phoreiobothrium tiburonis[6]
Prochristianella hispida[6]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Feeding Habits of the Bonnethead Shark, Sphyrna tiburo, from Northern Brazil, Rosângela Paula Lessa & Zafira Almeida, Cybium 1998, 22(4): 383-394
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 6Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0