1 Crested Hornshark at Merimbula, NSW
Identification history
| Heterodontus portusjacksoni | 21 Jan 2018 | rickcarey |
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User's notes
beautiful critter
3 comments
KerriLee
wrote:
30 Sep 2019
The very prominent ridges above the eyes suggest that this is the Crested Hornshark ... a close cousin of the Port Jackson Shark.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.926414-36.903143
- Places Merimbula, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2018 11:18 AM Recorded on
- rickcarey Recorded by
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Collections
Fish Native Fish Sharks / Rays rickcarey
Additional information
- deeper than 15m Depth of sighting
Species information
- Heterodontus galeatus Scientific name
- Crested Hornshark Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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