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Heterodontus mexicanus

Mexican horn shark(+6)·Taylor & Castro-Aguirre, 1972

GBIF:155387591

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(11)

East Pacific

Mexico

Gulf of California

South Pacific Ocean

Gulf of Panama

Colombia

Pacific, Nothwest

Ecuadorian Exclusive Economic Zone(EC)

Guatemalan Exclusive Economic Zone(GT)

Baja California(MX)

Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone(PE)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 3 languages.

Mexican horn sharkengMexican hornsharkengbuffalo hornsharkengdormilón búfalospagataspa+2 more

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 3 languages.

Mexican horn shark

eng

Source: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

Mexican hornshark

eng

Source: Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p.

buffalo hornshark

eng

dormilón búfalo

spa

gata

spa

requin dormeur buffle

fra

tiburón perro

spa

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaChordataVertebrataGnathostomataChondrichthyesElasmobranchiiNeoselachiiSelachiiGaleomorphiHeterodontiformesHeterodontidaeHeterodontusHeterodontus mexicanus

DOM

Biota868,823

Animalia624,570

Chordata52,812

SUB

Vertebrata49,207

INF

Gnathostomata49,030

Chondrichthyes1,702

Elasmobranchii1,631

SUB

Neoselachii1,630

INF

Selachii740

SUP

Galeomorphi493

Heterodontiformes13

Heterodontidae12

Heterodontus11

Heterodontus mexicanus

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 15 proteins)

NCBI:txid1072509

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(4)

Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p.

additional source

Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).

additional source

Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

ecology sourceDOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4

Taylor, L. R. Jr.; Castro-Aguirre, J. L. (1972). Heterodontus mexicanus, a new horn shark from the Golfo de California. Anales de la Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, México. v. 19: 123-143. [In English, Spanish summary.].

original description