Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pseudupeneus grandisquamis
chivito, chivo escamudo, chivo colorado, salmonete gringuito, Bigscale goatfish
Size> lengths of 30 cm.
Habitat: Sand bottom to considerable depths, only small specimens have collected in less than 30 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Mulliformes
Suborder
Percoidei
Family
Mullidae
Genus
Pseudupeneus
Species
grandisquamis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, from San Onofre, California and throughout the Gulf of California, to Chile,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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pseudupeneus grandisquamis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13573. Accessed 7 August 2025.