Image: Female and male Scalloped Hammerhead pups
Description
Female (upper - 36 cm long) and male (37 cm) Scalloped Hammerhead pups from the Australian Museum Fish Collection (AMS I.41725-001 and -002). The adult female was caught on hook and line at a depth of 430 m, off Port Hacking, New South Wales, October 2002.
- Photographer:
- Kerryn Parkinson
- Rights:
- © Kerryn Parkinson
- Common name:
- Scalloped Hammerhead
- Scientific name:
- Sphyrna lewini
- Family:
- Sphyrnidae
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