Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Otophidium indefatigabile
congriperla mancha café, Brownspot cush-eel
Size> To maximum lengths of 117 mm.
Within the Archipelago, known only from around Santa Cruz.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Ophidiiformes
Family
Ophidiidae
Genus
Otophidium
Species
indefatigabile
Taxon category: Accepted
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. 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, Otophidium indefatigabile", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13101. Accessed 1 November 2026.