Mexican hornshark
Encyclopedia
The Mexican hornshark, Heterodontus mexicanus, is a bullhead shark
of the family
Heterodontidae.
Bullhead shark
The bullhead sharks are a small order of basal modern sharks . There are nine living species in a single genus, Heterodontus, in the family Heterodontidae. All are relatively small, with the largest species being just in adult length...
of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Heterodontidae.