Hammerhead shark

''"I caught a hammerhead shark! Knew I just had to keep hammering away at it!" -Animal Crossing: City Folk''

The hammerhead shark is the most average member of the shark family. This large fish only likes to appear in the summer months. It always appears in the ocean. Between the hours of 9pm and 4am, this is the only shark that can be found. The hammerhead shark has always sold for 8,000 Bells, except in the PAL versions of ACWW, where it sold for 12,000 Bells, as much as the Hercules beetle or the newer Golden stag beetle. The ACCF fish encyclopedia says: "These travel in schools, which is rare for sharks. Try to avoid running into one."

Upon Donation to the Museum
When donated this fish always goes into the back tank, the ocean tank.

Upon Donation in City Folk
Blathers will say this when handed the big fish: "Ah, the hammerhead shark, also, I believe, known simply as the hammerhead in certain circles. The hammer-shaped head is thought to give this shark a great sense of its environment...like radar. Compared to other sharks, this one wears a bit of a daft expression that some people find charming!"

The hammerhead can then be found "pacing" in the back tank, much like the blue marlin.

Further information
The smooth hammerhead's name comes from its hammer, which lacks any sort of central indentation. It is a rather common hammerhead shark, and the second largest after the great hammerhead. It's fins are valued for the delicasy shark fin soup.

Trivia

 * It is the only shark to appear from 9pm - 4am.
 * Despite being worth more than the ocean sunfish, it is smaller, lighter and easier to catch, as there is a small chance of catching a shark instead of a sunfish. After 9pm, there is no chance of catching any other sort of shark, therefore making it easier to catch than the sunfish.