winghead shark

English

A winghead shark

Noun

winghead shark (plural winghead sharks)

1. A species of hammerhead shark, Eusphyra blochii, in the family Sphyrnidae, named for the remarkably wide lobes on its head. It is the sole species in its genus.
   • 2016 July 8, Arthur Nelsen, The Guardian:

     The fast-declining winghead shark – a species of hammerhead – has also proved vulnerable to unregulated fishing, due to its distinctive shape which lends itself to entanglement in fishing nets.

Translations

Eusphyra blochii

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: siipipäähai
• French: requin-marteau planeur (fr) m
• German: Flügelkopf-Hammerhai m

References

• winghead shark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eusphyra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eusphyra blochii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons