Specimen A 263 Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer, 1793)

• Taxon Name

  Heterodontus portusjacksoni

• Author and date of publication

  (Meyer, 1793)

• Preferred Common name

  Port Jackson Shark

• Other Common Names

  Bullhead Bullhead Shark Dogshark Horn Shark Oyster Crusher Oyster-crusher Pigfish Tabbigaw

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Spirit specimen Wet unknown ethanol 70%

• Collected By

  Alf D Butcher - Victorian Department Fisheries & Game

• Sampling Method

  trawl, demersal

• Date Visited From

  6/06/1948

• Date Visited To

  11/06/1948

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Ichthyology

• Collecting Areas

  Ichthyology

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Craniata

• Superclass

  Gnathostomata

• Class

  Chondrichthyes

• Subclass

  Elasmobranchii

• Order

  Heterodontiformes

• Family

  Heterodontidae

• Genus

  Heterodontus

• Species Name

  portusjacksoni