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WoRMS taxon details

Heterodontus quoyi (Fréminville, 1840)

276700  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:276700)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cestracion quoyi Fréminville, 1840) Fréminville, C. P. P. (1840). Notice sur une nouvelle espèce de poisson appartenant au genre Cestracion de Cuvier. <em>Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et de Palæontologie (Sér. 2).</em> v. 2 (Pt. 5): 1-3, Pl. 3. [details]   
Holotype  (of Cestracion quoyi Fréminville, 1840) MNHN...  
Holotype (of Cestracion quoyi Fréminville, 1840) MNHN 3445, geounit Galapagos [details]
Type locality contained in Galapagos Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Galapagos Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Heterodontus quoyi (Fréminville, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276700 on 2024-08-04
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original description  (of Cestracion quoyi Fréminville, 1840) Fréminville, C. P. P. (1840). Notice sur une nouvelle espèce de poisson appartenant au genre Cestracion de Cuvier. <em>Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et de Palæontologie (Sér. 2).</em> v. 2 (Pt. 5): 1-3, Pl. 3. [details]   

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Cestracion quoyi Fréminville, 1840) MNHN 3445, geounit Galapagos [details]
From other sources
Habitat A little-known but apparently common tropical and warm-temperate bullhead shark of inshore continental and insular waters, at moderate depths on the bottom. Lives on rocky and coral reefs, often seen resting on ledges of vertical rock surfaces at 16 to 30 m depth. [details]

Length Maximum total length 61 cm [details]
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LanguageName 
English Peruvian horn sharkGalapagos horn sharkGalapagos bullhead shark  [details]
French requin dormeur bouledogue  [details]
Spanish tiburóntamborínsuñogatodormilón de Galápagos  [details]