Hammerhead Sharks

© Jean Tresfon

Vito rantolovelo ra xindyangu

Hammerhead sharks

Tin’wana endyangwini

Scalloped, Kidney-headed, Southern, Bronze

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Sphyrnidae

Size

Ku fika eka 6m

Nhlamuselo

Xivumbeko xa nhloko hixona xihlawulekisi lexikulu. Nhloko ya kona yi phambarhalile hiswamampela laha matihlo na tinhompfu swinga tshama emakumu ka yona.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa yona wuna swiave swimbirhi (2) na tinxaka ta 8. Yitshikela matandza. Yitirhisa cephalofoil ku nuhetela, ku hlota no kota ku khoma swakudya swa yona. Minkarhi yinwana yivonaka yiri eka mintlawa yavo 100. Yikota no cinca muhlovo loko yitshama ngopfu eka mati lawo yoka yanga entangi ngopfu. Muxaka lowu wutiveka tani hiyinwana yaleyi yinga nghozini. Vana va yona vatswariwa vahelerile. Yitswala exikarhi ka 15-30 wa vana.

Swakudya

Yidya tinhlampfi ta marhambu tohambana hambana, skates nati rays, squid nati octopus, crustaceans naswinwana. Yirhandza ku hlota swinene letshakwini ra lwandle.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka swinene eka malwandle hinkwawo laha misaveni.

Common species:

Great hammerhead
Sphyrna mokarran
Smooth hammerhead
Sphyrna zygaena
Scalloped hammerhead
Sphyrna lewini