Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Stegastes flavilatus (Gill, 1862)

Castañeta azul dorado, castañeta azul dorado, Beaubremmel gregory

Light brown to brown, with prominent dark margins on scales, pale bellow; fins dusky brown to yellow.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Ovalentaria incertae sedis

Family
Pomacentridae

Genus
Stegastes

Species
flavilatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Distribution: Eastern Pacific. Central Gulf of California to Peru. Revillagigedos, Cocos and Galápagos Islands.

References

  • 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.
  • 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, Stegastes flavilatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7721. Accessed 16 July 2025.