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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
Brown
Tropical
Regional distribution
Largebuffalo 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
- Maximum length
- 170 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Distribution
- Eastern Pacific: Mexico and from Costa Rica to Colombia, probably Ecuador and Peru (Ref. 43278 )
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
