Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chaenomugil proboscideus
lisa hocinoca, lisa, lisa hocicona, Snouted mullet
Size> This is the smallest mullet in the islands, with no records exceeding 19 cm.
Habitat: Uncommon, records only from San Cristobal and Tagus Cove, Isabela. Likely to be found inshore along lava coastlines, sand beaches, and mangrove lagoons.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Mugiliformes
Family
Mugilidae
Genus
Chaenomugil
Species
proboscideus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, in Baja California at Magdalena Bay, and the Gulf of California to Talara, Peru, and Revillagigedos, 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, Chaenomugil proboscideus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13139. Accessed 4 June 2026.