Zebra Bullhead Shark
name: label: Discipline
content: Vertebrate Zoology
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This is a cast of a zebra bullhead shark jaw. The Zebra Bullhead Shark is a little-known bottom-feeder found in the wester Pacifici Ocean. Appropriately named, the shark has dark, vertical stripes against a lighter background and a noticeably short, blunt snout. Typically growin to 4 feet, it feeds on crustaceans and mollusks. Both dorsal fins possess a fin spine. The jaw cast measures around 9.75 cm x 9.5 cm x 3.5 cm in size.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Feb 2024
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Heterodontus zebra
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO404419
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Euselachii, Heterodontiformes, Heterodontidae