 Its diet consists mainly of small bony fishes, followed by crustaceans and cephalopods.Known parasites of this species include the tapeworms "Callitetrarhynchus blochii", "Heteronybelinia heteromorphi", "Otobothrium carcharidis", "O. mugilis", "Phoreiobothrium puriensis", and "Phyllobothrium blochii", the nematodes "Hysterothylacium ganeshi", "Pseudanisakis" sp., "Raphidascaroides blochii", and "Terranova" sp., the copepod "Caligus furcisetifer", and the protozoan "Eimeria zygaenae".The winghead shark is viviparous like the rest of its family, with the developing young sustained to term by a placental connection to the mother.