Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Caulolatilus affinis
blanquillo, cabezón, cabezudo, blanquillo cabezón, Bighead tilefish, pacific golden- eyed tilefish
Size> Grows to at least 50 cm, Individuals from isabela, measuring 214 and 220 mm, are about 14 months old as determined from rings on their otoliths.
Habitat in Galapagos: Generally found close to shore in depths between 30 and 90 m, primarily around the western islands.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family
Malacanthidae
Genus
Caulolatilus
Species
affinis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Caulolatilus cabezon Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: From the Gulf of California to Peru and Galapagos.
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Caulolatilus affinis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13491. Accessed 29 April 2025.