Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pontinus strigatus
Brujo, Stalkeye scorpionfish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Suborder
Scorpaenoidei
Family
Scorpaenidae
Genus
Pontinus
Species
strigatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: CAS-SU 6343, Wenman Islands, Galapagos Islands (Fricke, et al. 2024).
Origin: Native
- 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.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
- Fricke, R. Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. eds. (2024) ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version 2024.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. 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, Pontinus strigatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13194. Accessed 31 October 2026.