Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Porichthys margaritatus
bruja, pez fraile luminoso, sapo margarita, sapo luminoso, Daisy midshipman, blotched midshipman
Size> To a maximum length of 17 cm.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Batrachoidiformes
Family
Batrachoididae
Genus
Porichthys
Species
margaritatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Restricted to the eastern Pacific, from Cabo San Lucas, Baja California (Gorda Bank), but usually from the Gulf of Tehuantepec to the Gulf of Guayaquil, Peru, and Galapagos.
- 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, Porichthys margaritatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13131. Accessed 4 November 2026.