Mexican hornshark

Mexican hornshark
Mexican hornshark
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Heterodontiformes
Family: Heterodontidae
Genus: Heterodontus
Species: H. mexicanus
Binomial name
Heterodontus mexicanus
Taylor & Castro-Aguirre, 1972
Range of Mexican bullhead shark (in blue)

The Mexican hornshark, Heterodontus mexicanus, is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae.

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