Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Johnrandallia nigrirostris
mariposa barbera, Barberfish
Silver head; silvery-yellow body. Black ring around snout. Black bar from in front of dorsal fin to above eye. Size: to about 13 cm
Habitat: rocky bottom and coral development in depths of 6 to 12 m. Recorded from Bartolome, Santiago, and Tower.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Acanthuriformes
Suborder
Percoidei
Family
Chaetodontidae
Genus
Johnrandallia
Species
nigrirostris
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Chaethodon nigrirostris (Gill, 1862), Heniochus nigrirostris (Gill, 1862), Pseudochaetodon nigrirostris (Gill, 1862), Sarothrodus nigrirostris Gill, 1862, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California, Cocos, Malpelo, Revillagigedos to Ecuador (Isla Plata and Galapagos Islands)
- Banks, S. Vera, M. & Chiriboga, A. (2009) Establishing Reference Points to Assess Long-Term Change in Zooxanthellate Coral Communities of the Northern Galapagos Coral Reefs. J. Sci. Conserv. in the Galapagos Islands, p. 43-64.
- Edgar, G.J. Fariña, J.M., Calvopiña, M., Martínez, C. & Banks, S. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas II: Peces y macroinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 68-97.
- 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.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.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, Johnrandallia nigrirostris", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7748. Accessed 30 October 2026.