Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Dormitator latifrons (Richardson, 1844)

chalaco, chame, porroco, poyoco, dormilón, camote del Pacífico, Pacific fat sleeper

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Gobiiformes

Family
Eleotridae

Genus
Dormitator

Species
latifrons

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1992

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Fishery in the wild

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Eastern Pacific

References

  • 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.
  • Gelin, A. Gravez, V. (2002) Lagunas costeras. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 119-145.
  • 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.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Massay, S. Mosquera, R. (1992) Presence of Chame Dormitator latifrom (Richardson, 1844)(Pisces: Eleotridae) in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Journal of fish biology, 40(5), 815-816.
  • 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, Dormitator latifrons", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13212. Accessed 5 April 2026.