Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Balistes adspersus Tschudi, 1846, Balistes americanus Gmelin, 1789, Balistes angulosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824, Balistes azureus Lesson, 1831, Balistes brevissimus Hollard, 1854, Balistes longissimus Hollard, 1854, Balistes longus Gronow, 1854, Balistes macropterus Walbaum, 1792, Balistes maculatus Bloch, 1786, Balistes melanopterus Cope, 1871, Balistes minimum Thiollière, 1857, Balistes munumum Montrouzier, 1857, Balistes oculatus Gray, 1831, Balistes rufus Gronow, 1854, Balistes senticosus Richardson, 1848, Balistes um Montrouzier, 1857, Canthidermis longirostris Tortonese, 1956 (synonym), Canthidermis maculatus (Bloch, 1786), Canthidermis senticosus (Richardson, 1848), Canthidermis viola Herre, 1926, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: circumtropical, in the eastern Pacific predominantely oceanic, from Central Mexico to Peru and at most of the oceanic islands (including Galapagos). In tropical waters around the world and all oceanic islands of the eastern pacific.

• 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.
• 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
• 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.