Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lestidiops pacificus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Aulopiformes
Family
Paralepididae
Genus
Lestidiops
Species
pacificus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.:Lestidiops jayakari pacifica (Parr, 1931), Lestidiops pacifica (Parr, 1931), Lestidiops pacificum (Parr, 1931), Lestidium pacificum (Parr, 1931), Paralepis pacificus Parr, 1931 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Southwest Pacific: New Zealand. Eastern Pacific: south from 38°N and east of about 173°W; also found in the Gulf of Panama, and off Chile (Froese and Pauly, 2021).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lestidiops pacificus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24777. Accessed 5 June 2026.