Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: IO 12-3075 (1) 33.3 mm SL, Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, Isla Isabela, Tagus Cove (-0.26°, -91.37°), B. Victor, G. Wellington, & C. Caldow, May 28, 1998 (Victor & Wellington, 2013).

Origin: Endemic

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

Distribution: Galapagos Islands_ Isabela-Tagus Cove

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• 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
• Victor, B. C. Wellington, G. M. (2013) Citharichthys darwini n. sp., a new endemic flatfish from the Galápagos Archipelago (Teleostei: Pleuronectiformes: Paralichthyidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 6(1), 19–32.