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title: "Mexican Horn Shark"
description: "Heterodontus mexicanus — Pesci. The Mexican hornshark (Heterodontus mexicanus) is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mexican-horn-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mexican Horn Shark

> Heterodontus mexicanus — Pesci. The Mexican hornshark (Heterodontus mexicanus) is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae.

- Scientific name: *Heterodontus mexicanus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 20
- Wikidata: [Q1444290](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1444290)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102713](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102713)

## Names

- en: Mexican Horn Shark
- de: Mexikanischer Stierkopfhai
- es: Tiburón perro
- fr: Requin Dormeur Buffle
- nl: Mexicaanse stierkophaai

## Countries with the most observations

MX (14)

## Summary

The Mexican hornshark (Heterodontus mexicanus) is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae. This shark is grey-brown in color, with black spots scattered on the fins and body. It has a cylindrical trunk, conical head, and small spiracles behind the eyes. The snout of the Mexican hornshark is very round and blunt. Like all members of the order Heterodontiformes, this shark has fin spines in front of both of its dorsal fins. The first dorsal fin originates before the pectoral fins, while the second dorsal fin originates behind the pelvic fins. The Mexican hornshark reaches a maximum length around 70 cm, but usually…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_hornshark

## Photo

![Mexican Horn Shark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-horn-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: D Ross Robertson · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heterodontus_mexicanus_SI.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-horn-shark?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).