Galapagos bullhead shark
| Galapagos bullhead shark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| 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. It is 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
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Heterodontus quoyi" in FishBase. May 2006 version.
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