Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Oligoplites saurus
palometa, voladora mascapalo, chaqueta de cuero, cuchillo, zapatero siete cueros., Pacific leatherjacket.
Size> A small species, grows to about 45 cm TL, common to 35 cm TL.
Habitat in Galapagos: A near shore, shallow water species.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Carangiformes
Suborder
Percoidei
Family
Carangidae
Genus
Oligoplites
Species
saurus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Oligoplites saurus inornatus Gill, 1863 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Eastern Pacific,from Magdalena Bay, Baja California and Gulf of California to Esmeraldas, Ecuador, 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.
- 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, Oligoplites saurus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13531. Accessed 31 October 2026.