Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bregmaceros mcclellandi
bregmacero manchado, bregmacero, bacalaito plateado., Unicorn cod, Silver codlet.
Size> To lengths of 120 mm,and weights of 3 grams.
Found throughout the Archipelago in oceanic waters between 200 and 300 m over great depths, individuals occasionally rising to the surface.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gadiformes
Family
Bregmacerotidae
Genus
Bregmaceros
Species
mcclellandi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Asthenurus atripinnis Tickell, 1865, Bragmaceros maclelandi Thompson, 1840, Bregmaceros atripinnis (Tickell, 1865), Bregmaceros macclellandi Thompson, 1840, Bregmaceros macclellandii Thompson, 1840, Bregmaceros macclellandii Günther, 1862, Bregmaceros maclellandi Thompson, 1840, Bregmaceros mcclelandi Thompson, 1840, Bregmaceros mcclellandii Thompson, 1840, Calloptilum mirum Richardson, 1845 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Bregmaceros mcclellandi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13053. Accessed 18 May 2026.