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Pacific Bonnethead

Sphyrna vespertina

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Easily confused with

BonnetheadSphyrna tiburo

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Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Cartilaginous Fishes · Chondrichthyes
Order	Ground Sharks · Carcharhiniformes
Family	Hammerhead and Winghead Sharks · Sphyrnidae
Genus	Hammerhead Sharks · Sphyrna

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Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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