Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Howella pammelas
Habitat: Deep-water
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Acropomatiformes
Family
Howellidae
Genus
Howella
Species
pammelas
Taxon category: Accepted
Galeagra pammelas Holotype: CAS_SU 6355, Wenman Island, Taken from stomach of a Carcharhinus (Fricke, et al. 2024). Syn.: Galeagra pammelas Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 (Ahyong, et al. 2024).
Origin: Native
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- 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.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2024) World Register of Marine Species Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Howella pammelas", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13488. Accessed 2 August 2025.