Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Eucinostomus dowii
Mojarra plateada, mojarilla plateada, Silver mojarra, Pacific spotfin mojarra
Dorsal fin dusky. Protusible mouth and deeply forked tail. Length of 19 cm
Habitat: Young fish inhabit mangrove lagoons, adults move into deeper water over sand bottoms
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family
Gerreidae
Genus
Eucinostomus
Species
dowii
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Diapterus dowii Gill, 1863, fide Appeltans et al. (2010). Note: The presence of Eucinostomus argenteus on the islands is ruled out, since it is not within the species' distribution range based in Fricke, R. et al. (2023).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Eastern Pacific, from southern California to Peru and Ecuador in the Galapagos Islands (no other oceanic islands)
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- Humann, P. Deloach, N. (2003) Reef Fish Identification - Galapagos. New World Publication, Inc. Florida USA & Libri Mundi, Quito, Ecuador, 226 pp.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
- 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.
- Fricke, R. Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. eds. (2022) ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Eucinostomus dowii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7670. Accessed 27 June 2025.