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Common names: Pating
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: subsistence fisheries | Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., P.R. Last, J.D. Stevens and M.N.R. Alava, 2005
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Specimen collected during the WWF elasmobranch biodiversity project from Cebu Fish Market (Ref. 47737, 47736). Also Ref. 288, 2334, 110893.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Compagno, L.J.V., P.R. Last, J.D. Stevens and M.N.R. Alava, 2005
National Database:

Classification / Names

Elasmobranchii (sharks and rays) > Heterodontiformes (Bullhead and horn sharks) > Heterodontidae (Bullhead, horn, or Port Jackson sharks)
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Common names from other countries

قرش نوّام زَرَدِيّ, 狭纹虎鲨, Requin dormeur zébré, ... more

Main reference

Compagno, L.J.V. 2001. (Ref. 43278)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 125 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334)

Length at first maturity
L_m ?, range 84 - ? cm

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 6871)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred ?; 40°N - 20°S, 103°E - 155°E

Distribution

Western Pacific: Japan to northwestern Australia (Ref. 6871) and Queensland.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 0. The Zebra bullhead shark, Heterodontus zebra, has a large blunt head, low supra-orbital crest gradually sloping behind eyes, dorsal fin spines, anal fin, and zebra-pattern of dark, narrow vertical bands on a pale background (Ref. 9838; 6871). As characteristic of members of the family, caudal fin with a moderately long dorsal lobe and moderately long ventral lobe, the latter shorter than the dorsal lobe, vertebral axis raised into caudal-fin lobe (Ref.9838).

A common but little-known shark found on the continental and insular shelves in depths down to at least 50 m (Ref. 247, 11230) in the South China Sea, but deeper and in 150 - 200 meters off Western Australia (Ref. 43278). Probably feeds on bottom invertebrates and small fishes (Ref. 6871). Oviparous (Ref. 247).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Traumatogenic

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: potential

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5059 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
4.0 ±0.66 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Fec assumed to be <100)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
High to very high vulnerability (75 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Unknown

Heterodontus zebra (Gray, 1831)