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title: "Grote hamerhaai"
description: "Sphyrna mokarran — Vissen. The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.2 m (20 ft)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/great-hammerhead
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Grote hamerhaai

> Sphyrna mokarran — Vissen. The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.2 m (20 ft).

- Scientific name: *Sphyrna mokarran*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 424
- Wikidata: [Q757353](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q757353)
- iNaturalist taxon: [56766](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/56766)

## Names

- en: Great Hammerhead
- de: Großer Hammerhai
- es: Cornuda gigante
- fr: Grand requin-marteau
- nl: Grote hamerhaai

## Countries with the most observations

US (80), AU (58), BS (41), MX (18), QA (15), KY (11), PF (11), MV (8), CM (7), TT (4), CU (3)

## Summary

The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.2 m (20 ft). It is found around the globe in all the warmer parts of the oceans. The great hammerhead can be distinguished from other hammerheads by the shape of its "hammer" (called the "cephalofoil"), which is wide with an almost straight front margin, its tall, sickle-shaped first dorsal fin, and its strongly falcated pelvic fins. A solitary, strong-swimming apex predator, the great hammerhead feeds on a wide variety…

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

## Photo

![Grote hamerhaai](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-hammerhead/medium.jpg)

Photo: Bria Morgan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290256601

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-hammerhead?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).