Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Abudefduf ascensionis Fowler, 1919, Abudefduf marginatus (Bloch, 1787), Abudefduf saxiatilis (Linnaeus, 1758), Abudefduf sexatilis (Linnaeus, 1758), Apogon quinquevittatus Blyth, 1858, Chaetodon marginatus Bloch, 1787, Chaetodon mauritii Bloch, 1787, Chaetodon sargoides Lacepède, 1802, Chaetodon saxatilis Linnaeus, 1758, Glyphidodon saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758), Glyphisodon biniar Montrouzier, 1857, Glyphisodon moucharra Lacepède, 1802, Glyphisodon saxatilis (Horton, 2021)

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Atlantic Ocean, USA to Uruguay in the western Atlantic, Caribbean, Cape Verde, Africa (Horton, 2021)

• Froese, R. D. Pauly. Eds. (2021) FishBase World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org,
• 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.