Lythrypnus is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas including Cocos Island and the Galapagos Islands. Lythrypnus is a hermaphroditic fish that is able to change sex. Depending on its size and shape, Lythrypnus Dalli is able to have both male and female reproductive function.
| Lythrypnus | |
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| Bluebanded Gobies Lythrypnus dalli, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, California. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Lythrypnus D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius dalli C. H. Gilbert 1890 | |
Species
editThere are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Lythrypnus alphigena W. A. Bussing, 1990
- Lythrypnus brasiliensis D. W. Greenfield, 1988
- Lythrypnus cobalus W. A. Bussing, 1990
- Lythrypnus crocodilus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928) (Mahogany goby)
- Lythrypnus dalli (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Bluebanded goby)
- Lythrypnus elasson J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Dwarf goby)
- Lythrypnus gilberti (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) (Galapagos blue-banded goby)
- Lythrypnus heterochroma Ginsburg, 1939 (Diphasic goby)
- Lythrypnus insularis W. A. Bussing, 1990 (Distant goby)
- Lythrypnus lavenbergi W. A. Bussing, 1990
- Lythrypnus minimus Garzón & Acero P., 1988 (Pygmy goby)
- Lythrypnus mowbrayi (T. H. Bean, 1906)
- Lythrypnus nesiotes J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Island goby)
- Lythrypnus okapia C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1964 (Okapi goby)
- Lythrypnus phorellus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Convict goby)
- Lythrypnus pulchellus Ginsburg, 1938 (Gorgeous goby)
- Lythrypnus rhizophora (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) (Spotcheek goby)
- Lythrypnus solanensis Acero P., 1981
- Lythrypnus spilus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Bluegold goby)
- Lythrypnus zebra (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Zebra goby)
References
edit- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lythrypnus". FishBase. June 2013 version.
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- ↑ St Mary, C. M. (1994). Sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, the blue-banded goby (Lythrypnus dalli): the effects of body size and behavioral gender and the consequences for reproduction. Behavioral Ecology, 5(3), 304–313. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/5.3.304