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Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1855)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Heterodontiformes
family
Heterodontidae
genus
Heterodontus
species
Heterodontus francisci

Name

Synonyms
Cestracion francisci Girard, 1855
Gyropleurodus francisci (Girard, 1855)
Heterodontis francisci (Girard, 1855)
Heterodontis francisi (Girard, 1855)
Heterodontus californicus Herald, 1961
Homonyms
Heterodontus francisci (Girard, 1855)
Common names
California Horn Shark in English
California bull-head shark in English
California bull-head shark in English
Californische stierkophaai in Dutch
Hiu tanduk totol in Indonesian
Horn-foki cápa in Hungarian
Hornhai in German
Kalifornischer Stierkopfhai in German
Port Jackson Shark in English
Squalo cornuto del Pacifico in Italian
Tubarão-cornudo in Portuguese
Tubarão-focinho-de-porco-da-Califórnia in Portuguese
bullhead shark in English
bullhead shark in English
dormilón cornudo in Spanish
dormilón cornudo in Spanish
dormilón cornudo in Spanish
horn shark in English
horn shark in English
horn shark in English
horned shark in English
horned shark in English
requin dormeur cornu in French
requin dormeur cornu in French
requin dormeur cornu in French
rogati bikoglavec in Slovenian
různozubec Francisův in Czech
sarvihai in Finnish
tiburón puerco in Spanish
tiburón puerco in Spanish
tiburón puerco in Spanish
Калифорнийская бычья акула in Russian
Калифорнийская рогатая акула in Russian
கொம்புச் சுறா in Tamil
カリフォルニアネコザメ in Japanese
佛氏虎鯊 in Chinese
Horn Shark in English
Bullhead Shark in English
California Horn Shark in English
California bull-head shark in English
Dormilón Cornudo in Spanish
Horned Shark in English
Port Jackson Shark in English
Requin Dormeur Cornu in French
bullhead shark in English
dormilón cornudo in Spanish
horn shark in English
horned shark in English
requin dormeur cornu in French
tiburón puerco in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p.
  2. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
  3. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 2001: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date, vol. 2: Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes, no. 1, vol. 2. viii + 269.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  8. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
  9. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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