Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Heterodontiformes > Heterodontidae > Heterodontus > Heterodontus ramalheira

Heterodontus ramalheira (Zebra bullhead shark; White-spotted bullhead shark; Whitespotted bullhead shark; Mozambique bullhead shark; Heterodontus zebra)

Synonyms: Gyropleurodus ramalheira
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Wikipedia Abstract

The whitespotted bullhead shark, Heterodontus ramalheira, is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae found in the western Indian Ocean between latitudes 22°N to 26°S, at depths between 40 and 275 m. It can grow up to a length of 64 cm. The whitespotted bullhead shark is found on the outer continental shelf. It feeds on crabs, and is oviparous.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0