Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1855)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5053.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5600810 |
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Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1855) |
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Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1855) View in CoL .
Horn Shark. To at least 121 cm (47.6 in) TL (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). The widely reported maximum length of 122 cm (48 in) TL (e.g., Miller and Lea 1972) is based on a statement in Roedel and Ripley (1950) that this species reached a maximum length of “about 4 feet [= 122 cm].” Bolinas, northern California (Personal communication: Santa Barbara Natural History Museum Fish Collection, Santa Barbara, California) to Gulf of California ( Miller and Lea 1972); reported to Colombia (Mejîa-Falla et al. 2007), probably Ecuador ( Ebert 2003), and Peru ( Cornejo et al. 2015). Benthic; depth: intertidal to 201 m (660 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California).
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