Reference guide

Shark Head Shapes: Hammerheads, Angel Sharks, Wobbegongs, and More

Head shape is one of the easiest shark cues for beginners to carry from page to page. This guide keeps the examples practical and tied to the site's major clusters.

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Use familiar groups first

Hammerheads, angel sharks, and wobbegongs are easier examples than obscure species lists.

Keep it visual in spirit

Even without a full illustration board, the page should help readers picture the broad head-plan differences.

Link the group pages

This is a bridge page, so it should send readers back into the right hubs.

Useful next pages

Keep moving through the field guide with the pages that make this one more useful.

Topic hub

Angel Sharks

A flattened shark group with a very different head plan.

Topic hub

Wobbegongs

Another distinctive head and body-plan group.

Keep the guide offline

Pocket Shark is built as an offline shark field guide for iPhone and iPad, so the same comparisons, glossary notes, and species context can stay with you away from a browser.

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