Heterodontus omanensis, Oman bullhead shark

Heterodontus omanensis Baldwin, 2005

Oman bullhead shark
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Elasmobranchii (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); omanensis: -ensis, Latin suffix denoting place: Gulf of Masira, Central Oman, Arabian Sea, type locality (See ETYFish).

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 72 - 80 m (Ref. 106604). Tropical

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Western Indian Ocean: Central Oman.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 54826); 61.0 cm TL (female)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 98. Diagnosis: Four dark saddles, more or less equally distributed along the head and body. Relatively small, dark pigmented dorsal fins, each with a white distal streak. Large pectoral fins. Unique egg case, with 2 long tendrils extending from its base and flanges with 2 turns. This species differs from H. japonicus in having 4 dark saddles (vs. 11-14); a smaller first-dorsal fin (9.3-10.9% TL vs. 11-21% TL); an egg case of 2 turns (vs. 3), bearing extremely long tendrils (vs. short) (Ref. 54826).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Baldwin, Z.H., 2005. A new species of bullhead shark, genus Heterodontus (Heterodontiformes: Heterodontidae), from Oman. Copeia 2005(2):262-264. (Ref. 54826)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 09 February 2017

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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