Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Peristedion crustosum
caballito moro, Broadface searobin
Size> Grows to lengths of at least 14 cm.
Omnivores, diet includes soft body invertebrates and worms. Along the mainland of northern South America they are taken in deeper waters, between 460 and 545 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Peristediidae
Genus
Peristedion
Species
crustosum
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of Panama to Talara, Peru, and Cocos 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.
- Decelle J. (1976) XXXII. Bruchidae (Coleoptera Chrysomeloidea) Recoltes aux îles galapagos par n. et j. leleup Mission zoologique belge aux îles Galapagos et en Ecuador Volume III
- 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, Peristedion crustosum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13251. Accessed 31 October 2026.