Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Oxycirrhitus typus Bleeker, 1857 (misspelling), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution: Tropical Pacific, ranging in the eastern Pacific from Baja California to Panama, and Galapagos.Wide spread in tropical indo pacific. Central eastern Gulf of California to northern Ecuador. Galápagos and Malpelo.

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• 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
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• 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.