Galapagos Bullhead Shark
Heterodontus quoyi
Also known as: Galapagos Island Horn Shark, Peruvian Horn Shark
- Galapagos Island Horn Shark
- Peruvian Horn Shark
Overview
Found singly or in schools, during the day hiding in the shadows and blending in to the substrate, over shallow waters, on rock and sandy bottoms, dispersing at night hunting for food over inshore continental and insular waters. The eggs of these sharks are a distinctive spiral shape.
They feed nocturnally on benthic crustaceans and invertebrates.
Considered docile and non-threatening!
These sharks have no Anal Fin but have spines on the leading edge of the two Dorsal Fins.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Eastern Pacific
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Found singly or in schools, during the day hiding in the shadows and blending in to the substrate, over shallow waters, on rock and sandy bottoms, dispersing at night hunting for food over inshore continental and insular waters.
Adult photos 1
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