Squatiniformes
(angel sharks)
Angel Sharks
Pristiophoriformes
(saw sharks)
Squaliformes
(dogfish sharks)
Dogfish sharks (photo)
Bramble sharks
Greenland shark
Carcharinformes
(ground sharks)
Bull Shark
Caribbean Reef Shark (photo)
Tiger Shark
Lemon Sharks
Blue Shark
Milk Shark
Whitetip Shark (photos)
Hammerhead Shark (photos)
Barbelled Houndshark
Swell Shark (photo)
Leopard Shark (photos) (movie)
Silky Shark (photo)
Soupfin shark (movie)
Lamniformes
(mackerel sharks)
Mako
Great White Shark 
Thresher Shark
Basking Shark
Goblin Shark
Sand tiger Shark (photos)
Megamouth Shark
Orectolobiformes
(carpet sharks)
Bamboo Shark
Zebra Shark
Blind Sharks
Whale Shark
Nurse Shark (photo)
Heterodontiformes
(bullhead sharks)
California Horn Shark (photos)
Hexanchieformes
(frilled and cow sharks)
Frilled Shark
Broadnose  Sevengill (movie)

 Horn Shark

Where they live bottom dwellers
California Channel Islands
What they eat sea urchins(stain their teeth purple)
sea stars, crabs, barnacles, small fish
Prey hunt by smell
not dangerous
Appearance
  • squarish head
  • large pectoral fin to walk on the ocean
  • floor crest above each eye
  • two large dorsal fins with a spine in front
Size up to 4 feet
most less than 3 feet
Colors blend in with the rocks
Reproduction alive or eggcase eggcase
Anal fin yes
Interesting Things hide during the day.
If the horn shark is eaten, it will poke the other shark; the shark will spit the horn shark out.
Teeth cobblestone-like jaws
Number of Gills five gills

 


Young horn shark under 6 months
 

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