Image: A female Crested Horn Shark at Avalon Beach
A female Crested Horn Shark in the process of laying an egg case. The fish was photographed at a depth of 18 m, off Avalon Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, July 2006.
- Photographer:
- Peter Cave
- Rights:
- © Peter Cave
- Common name:
- Crested Horn Shark
- Scientific name:
- Heterodontus galeatus
- Family:
- Heterodontidae
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Tags fish, ichthyology, Crested Horn shark, Heterodontus galeatus, grey, brown, dark splothches, dots/spots, > 1m, Port Jackson Shark, shallow water, marine, adult, horns, Heterodontidae,
