Image: Lower surface of the head of a Scalloped Hammerhead pup

Lower surface of the head of a female Scalloped Hammerhead pup. Note the pattern of pores. Each pore is the external opening of an ampulla of Lorenzini.

Photographer:

Kerryn Parkinson

Rights:

© Kerryn Parkinson

Common name:

Scalloped Hammerhead

Scientific name:

Sphyrna lewini

Family:

Sphyrnidae

Last Updated: 14 July 2012

Tags fish, ichthyology, Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, pelagic, shark, hammerhead, juvenile / young, marine, deepsea, > 2m, long and skinny,