Zebra bullhead shark | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Heterodontiformes |
Family: | Heterodontidae |
Genus: | Heterodontus |
Species: | H. zebra |
Binomial name | |
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.