Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Citharichthys gilberti Jenkins & Evermann, 1889

Length 22 cm

Usually found on soft bottoms to a great depth

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Pleuronectiformes

Family
Paralichthyidae

Genus
Citharichthys

Species
gilberti

Taxon category: Accepted

Note: C. gnathus Hoshino & Amaoka 1999, fide Hoshino & Amaoka (J. McCosker, pers. com.)

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Distribution: Gulf of California to Peru, Galapagos

References

  • 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.
  • Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
  • 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.
  • IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org

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"Galapagos Species Database, Citharichthys gilberti", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15514. Accessed 6 November 2026.