Galapagos Species Database
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Chaenopsis schmitti
Trambollito de Galápagos, Galápagos pikeblenny, Yellow-mouth pikeblenny
Elongate body with tall foredorsal fin. Tan to dirty white; can pale, darken and/or change color rapidly to blend with background. Occasionally a few white to bluish spots and streaks and dusky blotches. Maximum size of 75mm.
Habitat: Shallow water less than 5 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Blenniiformes
Suborder
Blennioidei
Family
Chaenopsidae
Genus
Chaenopsis
Species
schmitti
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: USNM 101957, 40.0 mm SL, collected by Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt from Albemarle Island (Isabela), Galapagos Archipelago, 15 Jan 1934 [ace. no. 128938]; Paratype: USNM 101948 (1) [ace. no. 131571] (Springer & Orrell, 1996).
Origin: Endemic
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- Springer, V. G. Orrell, T. M. (1996) Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 7:Chaenopsidae, Clinidae, Dactyloscopidae, Labrisomidae, and Tripterygiidae. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D.C.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chaenopsis schmitti", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7653. Accessed 1 April 2026.