Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tomicodon chilensis
peje sapito, Smallsucker clingfish
Size> To lengths of 5 cm.
Common throughout the Archipelago in shallow marine waters: known from Baltra, Eden, Floreana, Fernandina, Tagus Cove, Isabela, Pinzon, San Cristobal, Santiang, and Tower.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gobiesociformes
Suborder
Gobiesocoidei
Family
Gobiesocidae
Genus
Tomicodon
Species
chilensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Restricted to the eastern Pacific,from Valparaiso, Chile, to Lobos de Afuera, Peru, 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, Tomicodon chilensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14002. Accessed 31 October 2026.