Zebra bullhead shark
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| Zebra bullhead shark | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Heterodontiformes |
| Family: | Heterodontidae |
| Genus: | Heterodontus |
| Species: | H. zebra |
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| Heterodontus zebra (J. E. Gray, 1831) |
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| Range of zebra bullhead shark (in blue) | |
The Zebra Bullhead Shark (Heterodontus zebra) is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae, found in the subtropical western Pacific Ocean between latitudes 40° N to 20° S, at depths of between 50 and 200 m. Its length is up to 1.25 m. Reproduction is oviparous.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Heterodontus zebra" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
