Galapagos Species Database

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

Scopelarchus guentheri Alcock, 1896

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Aulopiformes

Family
Scopelarchidae

Genus
Scopelarchus

Species
guentheri

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

Least concern

References

  • 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.
  • IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org

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"Galapagos Species Database, Scopelarchus guentheri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24774. Accessed 5 November 2026.