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Heterodontidae
pigfish
Heterodontus portusjacksoni
Hiding by day then hunting urchins at night
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
Africa
Elongated
Largepigfish is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 165 cm.
- Class
- Sharks and Rays
- Order
- Bullhead Sharks
- Family
- Heterodontidae
- Genus
- Heterodontus
- Maximum length
- 165 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: southern Australia (including Western Australia) and one record from New Zealand. Heterodontus bona-spei from South Africa probably refers to this species.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
