WoRMS taxon details

Heterodontus zebra (Gray, 1831)

276701  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276701)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Holotype  (of Centracion zebra Gray, 1831) BMNH...  
Holotype (of Centracion zebra Gray, 1831) BMNH 1953.5.10.4, geounit China [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Heterodontus zebra (Gray, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276701 on 2024-04-24
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source 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. [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Centracion zebra Gray, 1831) BMNH 1953.5.10.4, geounit China [details]
From other sources
Biology Oviparous, details of spawning not recorded. Biology poorly known. Probably eats bottom invertebrates as with other members of the family. [details]

Habitat on the continental and insular shelves of the western Pacific from inshore down to at least 50 m in the South China Sea, but deeper and in 150 to 200 m off Western Australia. [details]

Length Maximum total length about 122 cm, hatchlings at least 15 cm, males immature at 44 cm and mature at 64 to 84 cm, females to 122 cm. [details]
LanguageName 
Chinese mau i shamaou urh sha  [details]
English zebra Port Jackson sharkzebra horn sharkzebra bullhead sharkstriped cat sharkstriped bullhead sharklittle sharkcat sharkbarred sharkbarred bull-head shark  [details]
French requin dormeur zebre  [details]
Japanese シマネコザメshima-nekozame  [details]
Spanish dormilón acebrado  [details]