Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: CAS 86530 (77.2 mm HL, 390 mm TL); Galápagos, Isla Fernandina (=Narborough), Bolivar Channel, 00°14.64’S, 91°6.54’W, 732 m; Johnson Sea Link dive 3958; collector J.E. McCosker et al., 17 Nov.1995; Paratype: CAS 209223 (91.5 mm HL, 437 mm TL); Galápagos, Is. Fernandina, off Cabo Douglas, 00°17.4’S, 91°38.8’W, 631 m; Johnson Sea-Link dive 3088; collectors J.E. McCosker & C.C. Baldwin, 23 June 1998.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution: Galapagos Islands in Fernandina (Bolivar Channel) (Iwamoto & McCosker, 2001)

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