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Title: Great Hammerhead. Bahamas
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A portrait of a female great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) in shallow water. The hammer-shaped head improves manouverability for catching prey, provides enhanced senses (such as a wide spread of ampullae of Lorenzini and steroscopic vision). This individual has a rusted fishing hook through her hammer. South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary. Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean.
- Bahamas
- Bimini
- Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes
- Elasmobranchs: Elasmobranchii
- Epic Diving
- Fishes
- great hammerhead shark: Sphyrna mokarran
- Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniformes
- Gulf Stream
- Hammerhead Sharks: Sphyrnidae
- Marine Life
- Sharks
- tropical
- Tropical West Atlantic Ocean