WoRMS taxon details
Anarchias galapagensis (Seale, 1940)
271800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:271800)
accepted
Species
Uropterygius galapagensis Seale, 1940 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Uropterygius galapagensis Seale, 1940) Seale, A. (1940). Report on fishes from Allan Hancock Expeditions in the California Academy of Sciences. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles.</em> v. 9 (no. 1): 1-46, Pls. 1-5. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Anarchias galapagensis (Seale, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271800 on 2026-01-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Uropterygius galapagensis Seale, 1940) Seale, A. (1940). Report on fishes from Allan Hancock Expeditions in the California Academy of Sciences. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932-40, Los Angeles.</em> v. 9 (no. 1): 1-46, Pls. 1-5. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (23 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uropterygius galapagensis Seale, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Uropterygius galapagensis Seale, 1940)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anarchias galapagensis RAD107819-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anarchias galapagensis USNM 101788 nontype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Uropterygius galapagensis Seale, 1940)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Uropterygius galapagensis Seale, 1940)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anarchias galapagensis RAD107819-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anarchias galapagensis USNM 101788 nontype radiograph lateral view)
To ITIS