Project: 
Project A5 - Defining the connectivity of Australia’s hammerhead sharks
Researcher email address: 
M.Heupel@aims.gov.au
Topic: 
harvested hammerhead shark
Species of interest in the image: 
winghead
Species scientific name: 
Eusphyra blochii
Date: 
July, 2018
Location: 
Fish market in Papua New Guinea
Hub imagery ID: 
3298
Habitat: 
Fish market in Papua New Guinea
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Caption: 
A pregnant female Winghead shark which was originally identified by an observer as a scalloped hammerhead in the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea.
Media type to be uploaded: 
still image
Attribution: 
CSIRO
Credit: 
Will White
Contact email address: 
william.white@csiro.au
Description: 
This is one of the species of hammerhead sharks not currently protected. It is known for its wide hammer, but is nearly identical to other hammerhead species without this defining feature.