Oman bullhead shark

Oman bullhead shark
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Heterodontiformes
Family:	Heterodontidae
Genus:	Heterodontus
Species:	H. omanensis
Binomial name
Heterodontus omanensis , 2005
Range of the Oman bullhead shark

The Oman bullhead shark, Heterodontus omanensis, is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae found in the tropical western Indian Ocean around central Oman, from the surface to a depth of 72 m on the continental shelf. This species can reach a maximum length of 61 cm, but on average, reaches 56 cm. This shark was described in 2005, making it one of the most recently described of its genus. The Oman bullhead shark likely is accidentally caught as bycatch, putting the species at risk.

References[]

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Heterodontus omanensis" in FishBase. May 2006 version.