Bonnethead
Scientific name: Sphyrna tiburo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overview
The bonnethead, also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, is the smallest member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae. It is an abundant species in the littoral zone of the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, is the only shark species known to display sexual dimorphism in the morphology of the head, and is one of two shark species known to be omnivorous.
From the Wikipedia article “Bonnethead”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Endangered on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
Common names
Also known in English as Bonnethead Shark.
Names in other languages (8)
- Arabic
- قرش بونيثيد
- Chinese
- 窄头双髻鲨
- French
- Requin-marteau tiburo
- German
- Schaufelnasen-Hammerhai
- Japanese
- ウチワシュモクザメ
- Persian
- بیلکله
- Russian
- Малоголовая молот-рыба
- Spanish
- cornuda cabeza de pala
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: FishBase.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q338891, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Bonnethead”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Valerie Everett from Indianapolis, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — BlankMap-World6.svg: Canuckguy (talk) and many others (see File history) Bonnethead_Shark_DistMap.png: Original uploader was Chris huh at en.wikipedia derivativ..., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026