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Horn Shark, Heterodontus francisci - Family Heterodontidae
Lemon Shark, Negaprion brevirostris - Family Carcharhinidae
Leopard Shark, Triakis semifasciata - Family Triakidae ...

HORN SHARK
Heterodontus francisci, the California horn shark is a bottom-dwelling fish that grows to be about 3 to 4 feet (0.9 to 1.2 m) long.

Horn shark, Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1855) [1]
Crested bullhead shark, Heterodontus galeatus (Günther, 1870) [2]
Japanese bullhead shark, Heterodontus japonicus Maclay & Macleay, 1884 [3] ...

Horn shark (H. francisci) Â- Crested bullhead shark (H. galeatus) Â- Japanese bullhead shark (H. japonicus) Â- Mexican hornshark (H. mexicanus) Â- Oman bullhead shark (H. omanensis) Â- Port Jackson shark (H. portusjacksoni) Â- Galapagos bullhead ...

California horn shark (Heterodontus francisci)
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Similar Species Horn Shark (Heterodontus francisci) with brown-gray body and numerous dark spots; anal fin present.
Habitat In temperate waters over soft bottoms, off coast to 200 fathoms.

A Crested Horn Shark at Macquarie Lighthouse
A Crested Morwong at Fly Point
A Crested Morwong at Fly Point Marine Reserve
A Crested Morwong resting against a sponge
A Crested Morwong resting on a sponge ...

HETERODONTIFORMES
bullhead sharks, horn sharks
NO CURRENT ENTRIES
ORECTOLOBIFORMES
whale sharks, collared carpet sharks, blind sharks, wobbegons, bamboo sharks, zebra sharks, nurse sharks ...

Order Heterodontiformes (8 marine species): bullhead and horn sharks
Order Orectolobiformes (31 marine species): collared carpet sharks, blind sharks, wobbegons, bamboo sharks, nurse sharks, zebra shark, whale shark ...

Sharks that give birth this way include: the Horn Shark, Catshark, Port Jackson Shark, and the Swellshark.

We scanned the upper and lower jaws of an adult Aetobatus narinari in order to quantify the extent of these supporting struts. The horn shark (Heterodontus francisci) is another cartilaginous fish that eats hard prey, ...

See also: Shark, Dogfish, Eagle, Tiger, Whale