Hoplonchus Davis 1876 (bullhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Parent taxon: Heterodontidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Acrodonchus, Amacanthus, Centracion, Centrodus, Chalazacanthus, Drepanephorus, Echinodus, Gyropleurodus, Heterodontus, Hybodopsis, Lepracanthus, Lispacanthus, Paracestracion, Proheterodontus, Psilacanthus, Pycnacanthus, Rhabdiodus, Selachidea, Strongyliscus, Styracodus, Tropidodus

Subtaxa: Hoplonchus elegans Hoplonchus parvulus

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Type: Hoplonchus elegans

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hoplonchus in the database

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