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title: "Bonnethead"
description: "Sphyrna tiburo — Pesci. The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, is the smallest member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bonnethead
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bonnethead

> Sphyrna tiburo — Pesci. The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, is the smallest member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae.

- Scientific name: *Sphyrna tiburo*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1512
- Wikidata: [Q338891](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338891)
- iNaturalist taxon: [112960](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/112960)

## Names

- en: Bonnethead
- de: Schaufelnasen-Hammerhai
- es: Cornuda cabeza de pala
- fr: Requin-marteau tiburo
- nl: Kaphamerhaai
- pl: Młot tyburo

## Countries with the most observations

US (1268), MX (22)

## Summary

The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, is the smallest member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae. It is an abundant species in the littoral zone of the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, is the only shark species known to display sexual dimorphism in the morphology of the head, and is one of two shark species known to be omnivorous.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnethead

## Photo

![Bonnethead](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bonnethead/medium.jpg)

Photo: Elspeth Pierce · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132878544

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bonnethead?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).