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Crested Horn shark
Heterodontus galeatus (Günther, 1870)

The Crested Horn Shark Heterodontus galeatus, is most easily separated from the Port Jackson Shark by the different colour pattern (blotches rather than the harness-like pattern in the Port Jackson Shark) and by the high ridge above both eyes, compared with lower ridges in the Port Jackson Shark.

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