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buffalo hornshark (Heterodontus mexicanus)
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Ecological Illustration of buffalo hornshark (Heterodontus mexicanus)
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Heterodontidae

buffalo hornshark

Heterodontus mexicanus

Spiral egg cases anchor to seabed rocks

  • Brown
  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • South America
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

buffalo hornshark is known from Eastern Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in reef habitat.

Class
Sharks and Rays
Order
Bullhead Sharks
Family
Heterodontidae
Genus
Heterodontus
Water type
Marine
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