Scalloped Hammerhead

Critically endangered.
Categories and criteria of the IUCN Red List:

It has been filmed with a camera outfitted with bait, at a depth of 1700 ft.

It forms large schools of small, migrant fish that move during the Summer in certain zones. Permanent resident populations also exist.

A large-bodied and moderately-thin shark; its wide head has its distinctive “hammer”. It is of a light grey or grayish-brown color on top, and white on its underside.

It feeds mainly on fish, squid and octopus, and also on lobster, shrimp, crabs, other sharks and rays.