Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tylosurus fodiator
Aguja, Marao lisero, Mexican needlefish
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Beloniformes
Family
Belonidae
Genus
Tylosurus
Species
fodiator
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California to Panama, including Cocos Island (Froese and Pauly, 2021).
- Froese, R. D. Pauly. Eds. (2021) FishBase World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org,
- 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, Tylosurus fodiator", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24817. Accessed 5 November 2026.