Painted hornshark
Holotype (adolescent male). a, dorsal view; b, lateral view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Heterodontiformes
Family: Heterodontidae
Genus: Heterodontus
Species:
H. marshallae
Binomial name
Heterodontus marshallae
White, Mollen, O'Neill, Yang & Naylor, 2023

The painted hornshark (Heterodontus marshallae) is a species of bullhead shark from northwestern Australia, described in 2023. It was previously considered conspecific with the Zebra bullhead shark.[1] It is found from North West Cape to Bathurst Island.

The painted hornshark looks much like a zebra shark with its dark bar and saddle coloring as shown, but the coloring of the tip of the snout and its fins is the difference between the two.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 White, William T.; Mollen, Frederik H.; O’Neill, Helen L.; Yang, Lei; Naylor, Gavin J. P. (2023). "Species in Disguise: A New Species of Hornshark from Northern Australia (Heterodontiformes: Heterodontidae)". Diversity. 15 (7): 849. doi:10.3390/d15070849.


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