| Galapagos bullhead shark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | Heterodontiformes |
| Family: | Heterodontidae |
| Genus: | Heterodontus |
| Species: | H. quoyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Heterodontus quoyi (Fréminville, 1840) | |
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| Range of Galapagos bullhead shark (in blue) | |
The Galapagos bullhead shark, Heterodontus quoyi, is a bullhead shark of the family Heterodontidae found in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean between latitudes 0° to 10°S, at depths between 3 and 40 m. It can reach a length of 1.07 m.
The reproduction of this bullhead shark is oviparous.
References
- ^ Kyne, P.M., Charvet, P., Areano, E.M., Cevallos, A., Espinoza, M., González, A., Herman, K., Mejía-Falla, P.A., Morales-Saldaña, J.M., Navia, A.F. & Velez-Zuazo, X. 2020. Heterodontus quoyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T44579A124433617. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44579/124433617. Downloaded on 18 January 2021.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Heterodontus quoyi" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
External links
- Photos of Galapagos bullhead shark on Sealife Collection