Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Anisotremus scapularis
roncador, roncador peruano., roncador peruano, Peruvian grunt
Darkish silvery gray, fins generally darker shade. Scales not as obvious as those of Galapagos and Yellowtail Grunts. Length of 35cm
Habitat: Small schools; feed on bottom-living interverbrates and floating organic matter
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Eupercaria incertae sedis
Suborder
Percoidei
Family
Haemulidae
Genus
Anisotremus
Species
scapularis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Anisotremus scapularus (Tschudi, 1846), Genyatremus scapularis (Tschudi, 1846), Pristipoma scapulare Tschudi, 1846 (Ahyong, 2026)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Eastern Pacific Only. Southern Columbia to Chile, Ecuador in Galápagos Islands, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo
- Ahyong, S Et. al. (2025) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170
- 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.
- Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
- 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 (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.
- Victor, B. C. Grove, J. S., Long, D. J., Robertson, D. R., Keith, I., Bensted-Smith, W., & Salinas-de-León, P. (2024) List of Fishes of the Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador (Version 2.0). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 41, 54-111.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Anisotremus scapularis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7757. Accessed 5 June 2026.