Species: Heterodontus quoyi, Galapagos bullhead shark

no light bar between eyes

Heterodontus quoyi (Fréminville, 1840)
Galapagos bullhead shark
A slender-bodied shark with a large squarish pig-lke snout; low bony ridge above each eye ends gradually at rear; nostrils without barbels, with grooves around nostrils and connected to the mouth; anterior nasal flaps elongate posteriorly; small mouth; front teeth with 3 similar sized points, enlarged molariform teeth posteriorly; both dorsal fins with a sharp spine; origin of first dorsal fin behind pectoral fin base, over inner fin margin.
Grey or light brown with large (> ½ eye diameter) blackish leopard-like spotting; no pale bar between eyes; dark spots or blotches under eye; a series of diffuse dark grey bars may be present across back and sides.
Size: reaches 107 cm.
Habitat: often seen resting on sand adjacent to rocky reefs.
Depth: 3-40 m.
The Galapagos Islands and Colombia to Peru.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Sand & gravel
- Reef and soft bottom
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- No pelagic larva
- No pelagic phase
- Benthic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- TEP non-endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Continent
- All species
- Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
- Continent + Island (s)
- Peruvian province, primarily
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- IUCN Red List
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- Data deficient
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 107
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Depth Range Max
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- 40