Heterodontus zebra

(Gray, 1831)

Vernacular names
English : Zebra bullhead shark
French : Requin-dormeur zèbre

Classification
Class : Elasmobranchii
Order : Heterodontiformes
Family : Heterodontidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
The species can reach up to 1,25 m in length. Large head, dorsal fin falcate with pointed tip. Coloration from light beige to brown with irregular vertical dark brown bars with lighter brown spaces between two bars of the same pair.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in the western Pacific Ocean, from Korea and Japan to Taiwan, south China, Vietnam, north Borneo and north Australia. Lives in rocky reefs on the continental shelf, from 50 to 200 meters deep.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species is common and its habitat remains safe. It is caught by fisheries (usually as bycatch) and released, most often alive and unharmed.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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