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The great hammerhead is the largest hammerhead shark, notable for reaching about 6.1 m and being described by Eduard Ruppell in 1837.
The scalloped hammerhead is a large Sphyrna hammerhead, notable as a Critically Endangered species first named by Griffith and Smith in 1834.
The bonnethead is the smallest Sphyrna hammerhead, notable as an omnivorous shark that can digest seagrass as well as animal prey.
The smooth hammerhead is a temperate-water hammerhead shark, notable for its unnotched head margin and Linnaeus description in 1758.
The winghead shark is the sole living Eusphyra species, notable for a cephalofoil that can span nearly half its body length.
The smalleye hammerhead is a South American coastal hammerhead, notable for its golden coloration documented scientifically in the 1980s.
The scalloped bonnethead is a rare eastern Pacific hammerhead, notable as probably the smallest hammerhead, reaching about 92 cm.
The whitefin hammerhead is a disputed West African hammerhead name, notable because Sphyrna couardi was synonymized with scalloped hammerhead in 1986.
