WoRMS taxon details
Heterodontus mexicanus Taylor & Castro-Aguirre, 1972
276697 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276697)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Taylor, L. R. Jr.; Castro-Aguirre, J. L. (1972). Heterodontus mexicanus, a new horn shark from the Golfo de California. <em>Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, México.</em> v. 19: 123-143. [In English, Spanish summary.]. [details]
Holotype SIO SIO-70-90, geounit Sonora
Holotype SIO SIO-70-90, geounit Sonora [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Heterodontus mexicanus Taylor & Castro-Aguirre, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276697 on 2024-09-18
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original description
Taylor, L. R. Jr.; Castro-Aguirre, J. L. (1972). Heterodontus mexicanus, a new horn shark from the Golfo de California. <em>Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, México.</em> v. 19: 123-143. [In English, Spanish summary.]. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
Holotype SIO SIO-70-90, geounit Sonora [details]
From other sources
Diet Feeds on crabs and demersal fishes including midshipman (Porichthys, Batrachoididae). [details]Habitat A warm-temperate and tropical bullhead shark of littoral continental waters, found on rocky bottom including reefs and seamounts, on coral reefs, and on sandy areas from close inshore down to 20 to 50 m depth. [details]
Length Maximum size about 70 cm. [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | Mexican hornsharkMexican horn sharkbuffalo hornshark | [details] |
French | requin dormeur buffle | [details] |
Spanish | tiburón perrogatadormilón búfalo | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterodontus mexicanus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Heterodontus mexicanus, USA, by Swart, G.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Heterodontus mexicanus)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Heterodontus mexicanus, USA, by Swart, G.)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS