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The horn shark (Heterodontus francisci) is a species of bullhead shark, in the family Heterodontidae. It is endemic to the coastal waters off the western coast of North America , from California to the Gulf of California .
This shark is grey-brown in color, with black spots scattered on the fins and body. It has a cylindrical trunk, conical head, and small spiracles behind the eyes. The snout of the Mexican hornshark is very round and blunt. Like all members of the order Heterodontiformes, this shark has fin spines in front of both of its dorsal fins.
It was previously considered conspecific with the Zebra bullhead shark. [1] It is found from North West Cape to Bathurst Island. The painted hornshark looks much like a zebra shark with its dark bar and saddle coloring as shown, but the coloring of the tip of the snout and its fins is the difference between the two. [1]
Three suspects staked out the interactive shark touch pool where the 16-inch female horn shark named Miss Helen was contained, according to the aquarium.
Shark is the naming term of all members of Selachimorpha suborder in the subclass Elasmobranchii, ... (Girard, 1855) (horn shark) Heterodontus galeatus (Günther ...
Ten living species of bullhead shark have been described: Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1855) (horn shark) Heterodontus galeatus (Günther, 1870) (crested bullhead shark) Heterodontus japonicus (Maclay & W. J. Macleay, 1884) (Japanese bullhead shark) Heterodontus marshallae White, Mollen, O'Neill, Yang & Naylor, 2023 (painted hornshark)
Frilled shark in Aquarium Tropical at Palais de la Porte Dorée: Horn shark: Heterodontus francisci: Heterodontidae: Data Deficient [18] Horn shark at Monterey Bay Aquarium: Sevengill shark: Notorynchus cepedianus: Hexanchidae: Vulnerable [19] Sevengill shark at Monterey Bay Aquarium: Bluntnose sixgill shark: Hexanchus griseus: Hexanchidae Near ...
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