Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Platybelone pterura
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Beloniformes
Family
Belonidae
Genus
Platybelone
Species
pterura
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Platybelone argalus pterura (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) , Tylosurus pterurus Osburn & Nichols, 1916 ( Ahyong, S., et al., 2023).
Origin: Native
- Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2023) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Platybelone pterura", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24993. Accessed 5 November 2026.