アカシュモクザメ

Meanings

1

scalloped hammerhead; bronze hammerhead shark

usually written using kana alone

Refers specifically to the scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini). The name アカシュモクザメ literally means 'red hammerhead shark'.

アカシュモクザメは頭あたまの形かたちが独どく特とくで、ハンマーのように見みえる。
The scalloped hammerhead has a distinctive head shape that looks like a hammer.
沖おき縄なわの海うみでアカシュモクザメの群むれを見みた。
I saw a school of scalloped hammerheads in the sea off Okinawa.