Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Antimora rostrata (Günther, 1878)

brótola azul, mollera azul, Blue antimora

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Gadiformes

Family
Moridae

Genus
Antimora

Species
rostrata

Taxon category: Accepted

No Galapagos specimens exist but photographed at numerous Galapagos localities from the submersible (McCosker & Rosenblatt, 2010).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Circumtropical

References

  • 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.
  • 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, Antimora rostrata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13075. Accessed 2 August 2025.