Great Hammerhead
The great hammerhead (or Sphyrna mokarran) is a large species of shark that inhabits warm temperate and tropical waters worldwide. It most commonly dwells along continental shelves, lagoons and near coral reefs, though it may also be found in deeper offshore areas.
Great hammerhead sharks have a distinctive, nearly straight-edged hammer-shaped head with a notch in the centre. They have a tall, sickle-shaped first dorsal fin, and their colouration is grey-brown with a pale underside.
Females are larger and heavier than males, usually measuring over 4m and up to 6m, while males are usually smaller, averaging around 3m. Weight may average at 150kg for males and 230kg for females, though pregnant and very large females can reportedly weigh over 500kg.
Sphyrna mokarran
Habitat needs
Space is stored as a minimum plus an amount per additional adult; the game's help adds that juveniles don't count. Plan a mixed habitat in the habitat planner.
Terrain
| Terrain | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| Sand | 20% | 100% |
| Soil | 0% | 100% |
| Rock | 0% | 20% |
Share of the habitat's terrain.
Barriers with resistance grade 3 or higher 10
- Glass grade 3 · $2
- Wire Netting grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Wood Logs grade 3 · $2 · climbable
- Acrylic grade 4 · $3
- Steel Mesh grade 4 · $3 · climbable
- Thick Glass grade 4 · $3
- Brick grade 5 · $4
- Concrete grade 5 · $4
- Gabion grade 5 · $4 · climbable
- Electric grade 6 · $0.80
At least 1 m high. No water barrier. Grades are the ones the game's barrier tooltips state.
Enrichment it uses 5
- Blood Scent Marker Toy · score 50 · $100
- Submarine Buoy Toy · score 50 · $150
- Bubble Blower - Airstone Toy · score 100 · $100
- Lattice Ball Toy · score 50 · $100
- Water Hoop Toy · score 100 · $100
Enrichment target: toys 100 + 100 per additional adult; feeders 10 + 10 per additional adult.
Food, life and breeding
- Food
- Whole Fish + Squid
- Food / drink amount
- 8 / 1
- Food cost, grade 1 / 2 / 3
- $1,064 / $1,526 / $1,526
- Feeders
- Aquatic Feeder - Fish, Suspended Bait
- Lifespan
- 34–44 yr
- Mature / prime / old / elderly
- 15 yr / 19 yr / 25 yr / 32 yr
- Gestation / between births
- 0.916 yr / 1.084 yr
- Litter
- 1–6
- Fertility
- 0.1
- Mating system
- Promiscuous
- Breeds in
- Spring, Summer
- Dominance
- Larger sharks may attack, kill and eat smaller individuals
- Wild population
- Unknown
- Guests flee if it escapes
- No
- Cohabits with (trophic override)
- Pacific Bluefin Tuna, Schooling Bannerfish, Longfin Batfish, Blue and Gold Fusilier, Palette Surgeonfish, Threespot Damselfish, Indian Ocean Oriental Sweetlips, Clown Anemonefish, Bluespine Unicornfish, Yellow Tang, Indo-Pacific Sergeant, Golden Trevally, Pacific Sardine, Common Rudd, Brown Trout, Giant Gourami, Koi, Blunthead Cichlid, Clown Loach, Boeseman's Rainbowfish, African Tigerfish
As opposed to some other species of hammerhead, the great hammerhead shark is a solitary animal.
Overview
- Scientific name
- Sphyrna mokarran
- Class
- Chondrichthyes
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- Biome
- Open Sea, Reef
- Continent
- Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean
- Cohabitation groups
- Indo pacific reef group great hammerhead
- Content
- Deluxe Edition