Heterodontus mexicanus, Mexican hornshark : fisheries

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Heterodontus mexicanus Taylor & Castro-Aguirre, 1972

Mexican hornshark
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Heterodontus mexicanus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Heterodontus mexicanus
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Elasmobranchii (tubarões e raias) (sharks and rays) > Heterodontiformes (Bullhead and horn sharks) > Heterodontidae (Bullhead, horn, or Port Jackson sharks)
Etymology: Heterodontus: heteros (Gr.), different; odontos (Gr.), tooth, referring to pointy teeth (for clutching prey) at front of jaws, different than rounded molar-like teeth (for grinding hard-shelled invertebrates) at the back. (See ETYFish);  mexicanus: -anus (L.), belonging to: Mexico, referring to its distribution in the Gulf of California along the Mexican coast to at least Oaxaca (and perhaps to Peru). (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia


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