Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calamopteryx jeb
brotula colimanchada., Tailspot brotula
Size> To lengths of 5.5 cm, all species of the genus Calamopteryx are small, and do not reach great lengths.
Found throughout the Archipelago in rocky substrata, coral reefs, surge zones,and intertidal pools, known to depths of 25m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Ophidiiformes
Family
Bythitidae
Genus
Calamopteryx
Species
jeb
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. 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
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.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, Calamopteryx jeb", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13105. Accessed 6 June 2026.