Galapagos Species Database

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

Facciolella gilbertii (Garman, 1899)

Anguila, Dogface witch-eel

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Anguilliformes

Family
Nettastomatidae

Genus
Facciolella

Species
gilbertii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Chlopsis gilbertii Garman, 1899, Facciolella gilberti (Garman, 1899) (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Galapagos in Fernandina (McCosker et al., 1997)

References

  • 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.
  • McCosker, J.E. Merlen, G., Long, D., Gilmore Grant, R., & Villon, C. (1997) Deepslope fishes collected during the 1995 eruption of Isla Fernandina, Galápagos. McCosker, J., Merlen, G., Long, D., Gilmore Grant, R., & Villon, C. (1997). Deepslope fishes collected during the 1995 eruption of Isla Fernandina, Galápagos.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Facciolella gilbertii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24663. Accessed 5 November 2026.