Family Heterodontidae - Bullhead, horn, or Port Jackson sharks
  Order
:
Heterodontidae
  Class
:
Elasmobranchii
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 1 | Species : 10 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Jurassic    
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: In warm-temperate and tropical continental waters of the western Indian Ocean and western and eastern Pacific; absent from the Atlantic and from oceanic insular waters. Two dorsal fins, each with a spine. Only living sharks with two spined dorsal fins and anal fin present. Five pairs of gill slits; eyes without nictitating fold; small spiracles present; nostrils connected with mouth by deep groove. Small species (max 165 cm) with small mouth; anterior teeth small and cuspidate, posterior enlarged and molariform; snout very short and bluntly rounded. Sluggish nocturnal bottom sharks, mainly in shallow waters. Benthos feeder. Oviparous, producing eggs in unique, large, spiral-flanged egg cases.
  Etymology
:
Greek, heteros = other + Greek, odous = teeth
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Heterodontidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Squalus jacksoni Suckow, 1799
synonymjuniororiginal
! Squalus jacksonii Suckow, 1799
synonymjuniororiginal
Squalus philippi Bloch & Schneider, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Heterodontus philippi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Heterodontus zebra (Gray, 1831)
acceptedseniornew
! Centracion zebra Gray, 1831
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Cestracion zebra Gray, 1831
synonymseniororiginal
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Centracion philippi (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
misappliedmisappliednew
! Cestracion philippii (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
misappliedmisappliednew
! Heterodontus phillipi (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Heterodontus quoyi (Fréminville, 1840)
acceptedseniornew
Cestracion quoyi Fréminville, 1840
synonymseniororiginal
Cestracion pantherinus Valenciennes, 1846
synonymjuniororiginal
Gyropleurodus peruanus Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917
synonymjuniororiginal
Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1855)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Heterodontis francisci (Girard, 1855)
synonymseniornew
! Heterodontis francisi (Girard, 1855)
synonymseniornew
Heterodontus californicus (non Herald, 1961)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Heterodontus galeatus (Günther, 1870)
acceptedseniornew
Cestracion galeatus Günther, 1870
synonymseniororiginal
Molochophrys galeatus (Günther, 1870)
synonymseniornew
! Heterodontis galeatus (Günther, 1870)
synonymseniornew
Heterodontus japonicus Miklouho-Maclay & Macleay, 1884
acceptedseniororiginal
Cestracion japonicus (Miklouho-Maclay & Macleay, 1884)
synonymseniornew
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Heterodontus mexicanus Taylor & Castro-Aguirre, 1972
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Heterodontus marshallae White, Mollen, O’Neill, Yang & Naylor, 2023
acceptedseniororiginal
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