Galapagos bullhead shark
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Species of shark
Galapagos bullhead shark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Heterodontiformes |
Family: | Heterodontidae |
Genus: | Heterodontus |
Species: | H. quoyi
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.). "Heterodontus quoyi". FishBase. May 2006 version.
External links
[edit]- Photos of Galapagos bullhead shark on Sealife Collection
Heterodontus quoyi |
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