Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ogilbia galapagosensis
brotula rosada., Galapagos cuskeel, Pink brotula
fish living in brachish water in caves
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Ophidiiformes
Family
Bythitidae
Genus
Ogilbia
Species
galapagosensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Caecogilbia galapagosensis Poll & LeLeup, 1965, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Endemic
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- Leleup, N. (1965) Existence d'une faune cryptique relictuelle aux îles Galápagos. Noticias de Galápagos 5/6: 4-16.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
- Peck, S.B. Peck, J. (1986) The Galapagos Islands. Volcanic caves and cave fauna of the Galapagos Islands. The Canadian Caver 18(1): 42-49.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ogilbia galapagosensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11754. Accessed 10 June 2026.