Galapagos bullhead shark
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
| Galapagos bullhead shark | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Subclass: | |
| Superorder: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: |
H. quoyi
|
| Binomial name | |
| Heterodontus quoyi (Fréminville, 1840)
|
|
 |
|
| Range of Galapagos bullhead shark (in blue) | |
Lua error in Module:Taxonbar/candidate at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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.
