Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Microlophichthys microlophus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopteri
Order
Lophiiformes
Family
Oneirodidae
Genus
Microlophichthys
Species
microlophus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Dolopichthys analogus Parr, 1927, Dolopichthys exiguus Regan & Trewavas, 1932, Dolopichthys implumis Regan & Trewavas, 1932, Dolopichthys microlophus Regan, 1925(Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Grove, J.S. Long, D.J., Robertson, D.R. & Victor, B.C. (2022) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 39, 14–22.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Microlophichthys microlophus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24745. Accessed 8 June 2026.