WoRMS taxon details

Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer, 1793)

276699  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276699)

accepted
Species
Cestracion philippi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cestracion philippii (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (specific epithet)
Heterodontus philippi (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Squalus jacksoni Suckow, 1799 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Squalus jacksonii Suckow, 1799 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Squalus philippi Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Squalus portusjacksoni Meyer, 1793 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Squalus portusjacksoni Meyer, 1793) Meyer, F. A. A. (1793). Systematisch-summarische Uebersicht der neuesten zoologischen Entdeckungen in Neuholland und Afrika. <em>Dykische Buchhandlung, Leipzig.</em> 1-178 + 6 unnum. index. [details] 
Type locality contained in New South Wales  
type locality contained in New South Wales [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer, 1793). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276699 on 2024-11-21
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original description (of Squalus portusjacksoni Meyer, 1793) Meyer, F. A. A. (1793). Systematisch-summarische Uebersicht der neuesten zoologischen Entdeckungen in Neuholland und Afrika. <em>Dykische Buchhandlung, Leipzig.</em> 1-178 + 6 unnum. index. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [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] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Diet feeds primarily on benthic invertebrates, mainly echinoderms. Prey items include sea urchins, starfish, polychaetes, large gastropods, prawns, crabs, barnacles, and small fishes. Occasionally garbage such as bits of mammalian fur, potato and orange peels are taken in by these sharks. [details]

Habitat Acommon littoral, nocturnal bottom shark of the temperate Australian continental shelves and uppermost slopes, ranging from close inshore in the intertidal to at least 275 m. [details]

Length Maximum total length reported as 165 cm, but apparently rare above 137 cm. [details]
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LanguageName 
English TabbigawPort Jackson sharkpigfishoyster-crusheroyster crusherbullhead sharkbullhead  [details]
French requin dormeur taureau  [details]
Spanish dormilón toro  [details]