Oman bullhead shark
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| Oman bullhead shark | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Heterodontiformes |
| Family: | Heterodontidae |
| Genus: | Heterodontus |
| Species: | H. omanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Heterodontus omanensis Z. H. Baldwin, 2005 |
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The Oman bullhead shark, Heterodontus omanensis, is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae, found in the tropical western Indian Ocean around central Oman from the surface to 70 m. Its length is up to 56 centimetres (22 in).
[edit] References
- ^ S. V. Valenti (2008). "Heterodontus omanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/161720. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Heterodontus omanensis" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
