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Crested Horn shark ( Heterodontus galeatus )

Crested Horn shark | Heterodontus galeatus photo

rested Horn Shark, Cabbage Tree Island, Port Stephens, NSW

Image by Richard Ling - Some rights reserved.

Crested Horn shark | Heterodontus galeatus photo

rested Horn Shark, Cabbage Tree Island, Port Stephens, NSW

Image by Richard Ling - Some rights reserved.

CRESTED HORN SHARK FACTS

Classification

Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Heterodontiformes
Family:	Heterodontidae
Genus:	Heterodontus
Species:	galeatus
Common Name:	Crested Horn shark

Relatives in same Genus
Japanese Bullhead Shark (H. japonicus)
Port Jackson Shark (H. portusjacksoni)