Smooth hammerhead
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| phylum | Chordata | The smooth hammerhead is a species of hammerhead shark so named because of the distinctive shape of the head, which is flattened and laterally extended into a hammer shape, without an indentation in the middle of the front margin (hence "smooth"). Unlike other hammerheads, this species prefers temperate waters and occurs worldwide at medium latitudes. The second-largest hammerhead shark after the great hammerhead shark, the smooth hammerhead can measure up to 5 m (16 ft) long.
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| class | Chondrichthyes | |
| order | Carcharhiniformes | |
| family | Sphyrnidae | |
| genus | Sphyrna | |
| species | S. zygaena |
