Galapagos bullhead shark

Galapagos bullhead shark
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
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. 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

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[IUCN-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. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T44579A124433617. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44579/124433617. Downloaded on 18 January 2021.