Banane de mer vs Grand requin marteau

Albula vulpes comparé à Sphyrna mokarran

Taxonomy & Classification

Attribut	Banane de mer	Grand requin marteau
Nom scientifique	Albula vulpes	Sphyrna mokarran
Ordre	Albuliformes	Carcharhiniformes
Famille	Albulidae	Sphyrnidae
Conservation Status	Near Threatened	Critically Endangered

Physical Traits

Attribut	Banane de mer	Grand requin marteau
Longueur maximale	77,0 cm	610,0 cm
Poids maximum	6,4 kg	580,0 kg
Couleur	Highly iridescent silvery-white flanks with faint olive-green back; narrow dusky streaks follow scale rows along the upper body; fins are largely transparent with a pale yellowish tinge.	Brownish-gray to olive-gray dorsal surface with a clean countershaded white belly; no distinct patterning; first dorsal fin is tall and strongly falcate; pelvic fin tips dusky.

Habitat & Environment

Attribut	Banane de mer	Grand requin marteau
Type d'eau	Saltwater	Saltwater
Plage de profondeur	0-84m	1-300m
Aire de répartition	Cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical coastal waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Favors shallow tidal flats, mangrove lagoons, and sandy bays in Florida, …	Circumtropical in warm coastal and offshore waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. Concentrates around coral reefs, continental shelf edges, and deep-water drop-offs; population …
Habitat	Neritic, estuaries	Neritic

Informations sur la pêche

Attribut	Banane de mer	Grand requin marteau
Poisson de pêche sportive	Oui	Non
Cote de combativité	8/10	—
Record du monde	—	—
Teneur en mercure	—	—

Cuisine & Edibility

Banane de mer

Edible but extremely bony flesh; rarely consumed as table fare in modern sport fishing. Almost exclusively caught-and-released; the species is prized for its fighting ability, not flavor.

Grand requin marteau

Critically Endangered — consumption strongly discouraged. Fins are historically traded but the species faces severe population decline; eating this fish is ecologically irresponsible.

Species Overview

Banane de mer

The bonefish is the premier shallow-water flats species, prized by fly fishers for its blistering initial run. Found in tropical shallows worldwide, it feeds by rooting in sand and marl for crustaceans and mollusks.

Grand requin marteau

The great hammerhead is the largest of the nine hammerhead shark species. Its distinctive cephalofoil (hammer-shaped head) houses an array of electroreceptors that allow it to detect stingrays buried beneath the sand.