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title: "Galápagos Bullhead Shark"
description: "Heterodontus quoyi — Fish. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/galapagos-bullhead-shark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Galápagos Bullhead Shark

> Heterodontus quoyi — Fish. 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.

- Scientific name: *Heterodontus quoyi*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 120
- Wikidata: [Q1491708](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1491708)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102715](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102715)

## Names

- en: Galápagos Bullhead Shark
- de: Galapagos-Stierkopfhai
- es: Dormilón de Galápagos
- fr: Requin dormeur bouledogue
- nl: Galapagosstierkophaai

## Countries with the most observations

EC (110), PE (4)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galapagos_bullhead_shark

## Photo

![Galápagos Bullhead Shark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/galapagos-bullhead-shark/medium.jpg)

Photo: Du Petit-Thouars, Abel Aubert (1793-1864) · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cestracion_pantherinus.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/galapagos-bullhead-shark?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).