Scalloped bonnethead young are born at 23 cm or above; an adolescent male has been recorded at 51 cm long, and an adult at 67 cm. It may be taken by local inshore fisheries, but data are lacking. It feeds on or near the bottom, on crustaceans, molluscs, cephalopods, echinoderms, and bony fishes. Scalloped bonnethead The scalloped bonnethead ("Sphyrna corona") is a rare, little-known species of hammerhead shark, and part of the family Sphyrnidae. Its other common names include the mallethead shark and the crown shark. It is found in tropical and subtropical waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from Mexico to
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