Galapagos bullhead shark

Galapagos bullhead shark
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Heterodontiformes
Family:	Heterodontidae
Genus:	Heterodontus
Species:	H. quoyi
Binomial name
	Heterodontus quoyi; (Fréminville, 1840)
	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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44579A124433617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44579A124433617.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Heterodontus quoyi" in FishBase. May 2006 version.

External links[]

Photos of Galapagos bullhead shark on Sealife Collection

[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T44579A124433617. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44579A124433617.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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Galapagos bullhead shark

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Superorder:	Selachimorpha
Order:	Heterodontiformes
Family:	Heterodontidae
Genus:	Heterodontus
Species:	H. quoyi
Binomial name
*Heterodontus quoyi* (Fréminville, 1840)

Range of Galapagos bullhead shark (in blue)