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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- Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Kathetostoma averruncus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13991. Accessed 10 June 2025.