Galapagos cuskeel

Ogilbia galapagosensis

Two pairs of pseudoclaspers behind fins

Tropical
Island endemic
Southern Hemisphere
Island endemic species
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
South America
Elongated
Small
Tropical fish

Galapagos cuskeel is a freshwater fish of estuaries and brackish water. Its source record singles out this identifying detail: Two pairs of pseudoclaspers behind fins.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Cusk-eels
Family: Dinematichthyidae
Genus: Ogilbia
Maximum length: 5.8 cm
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: South America: Galapagos Islands. Apparently endemic to the fresh- and brackishwater of the cave systems on the Santa Cruz Island, where it is replaced by O. deroyi in the marine environment.

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