Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Facciolella gilbertii
Anguila, Dogface witch-eel
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos in Fernandina (McCosker et al., 1997)
- 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.