Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Kathetostoma averruncus
miracielo buldog, miracielo buldog, Smooth stargazer
Size> To about 31cm and a little less than 1 kg.
Habitat: Only recently recorded from the Archipelago, known from a single fish taken at a depth of 600 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Uranoscopidae
Genus
Kathetostoma
Species
averruncus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Restricted to the Eastern Pacific, from Piedras Blancas, California, to Panama, and Galápagos. Rarely taken north of Magdalena Bay, Baja California.
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- 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.
- 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, Kathetostoma averruncus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13991. Accessed 1 November 2026.