Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Synchiropus atrilabiatus
dragonito de asta, dragonito de asta, antler dragonet, blacklip dragonet
Size> To lengths of 12 cm.
Habitat: Known from a single small specimen, taken off Black Beach, Floreana, in 1938 by the Hancock expedition.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Callionymiformes
Family
Callionymidae
Genus
Synchiropus
Species
atrilabiatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Eastern tropical Pacific from Costa Rica to Talara, Peru, and Cocos and Galapagos, a disjunct population at Gorda Banks, off Cabo San Lucas, Baja California.
- 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, Synchiropus atrilabiatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14003. Accessed 7 June 2026.