Horn Shark Bibliography

Cox, Keith W. 1963. Egg-Cases of Some California Elasmobranchs and a Cyclostome from California Waters. Calif. Fish and Game, 49: 271-289.

Davies, David H., Ronald Lawson, Simon J. Burch, and Judeth E. Hanson. 1987. Evolutionary Relationships of a “Primitive” Shark (Heterodontus) Assessed by Micro-complement Fixation of Serum Transferrin. J. Mol. Evol., 25: 74-80.

Dempster, Robert P., and Earl S, Herald. 1961. Notes on the Hornshark, Heterodontus francisci, with Observations on Mating Activities. Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad.. Sci., 33: 1-7.

Finstad, William O., and Donald R. Nelson. 1975. Circadian Activity Rhythm in the Horn Shark, Heterodontus francisci: Effect of Light Intensity. Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci., 74(1): 20-26.

Garner, William Dean A. 1985. Electroreception in Sharks. Underw. Nat., 15(3): 13-18. [Includes preliminary results of author’s experiments testing electroreception in Horn and Swell Sharks in the wild.]

Limbaugh, Conrad. 1963. Field Notes on Sharks. pp 65-94 In P.W. Gilbert (ed.) Sharks and Survival. D.C. Heath and Co., Boston.

Maisey, J.G. 1979. Finspine Morphogenesis in Squalid and Heterodontid Sharks. Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 66: 161-183.

Myers, Barbara W. 1977. Shark in Miniature: Keeping a Horn Shark in a Home Aquarium. Oceans, 10(6) [November-December 1977]: 39-41.

Nelson, Donald R., and Richard H, Johnson. 1970. Diel Acvtivity Rhythms in the Nocturnal, Bottom-Dwelling Sharks, Heterodontus francisci and Cephaloscyllium ventriosum. Copeia, 1970(4): 732-739.

Segura Zarosa, J.C., L.A. Abitia Cardenas, and F. Galvan Magana. 1997. Observations on the Feeding Habits of the Shark Heterodontus francisci Girarrd 1854 (Chondrichthyes: Heterodontidae), in Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Cienc. Mar., 23(1): 111-128.

Taylor, Leighton Robert, Jr. 1972. A Revision of the Shark Family Heterodontidae (Heterodontiformes, Selachii). Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California at San Diego. 176 pp. [Available via University Microfilm International, Ann Arbor, MI]

 

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