Species profile—Heterodontus galeatus (crested hornshark)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) → Heterodontidae → Heterodontus galeatus (crested hornshark)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)
- Family
- Heterodontidae
- Scientific name
- Heterodontus galeatus (Günther, 1870)
- Common name
- crested hornshark
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22516
- Alternate name(s)
- crested horn shark
crested bullhead shark - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Marine
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22516.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
