Species: Lepidonectes corallicola, Fin-spot triplefin, Galapagos triplefin
D1: female red & black, male black + yellow spots
male - red, C base black
D3 12-13
A 21-22
Lepidonectes corallicola (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
Fin-spot triplefin, Galapagos triplefin
Body moderately elongate; large pointed cirrus over eye; small spinules on edge of orbits, margin of preopercle, nape, and dorsal surface of snout; teeth on sides of roof of mouth; dorsal fins III+XIII+12-13, segmented rays branched except first; anal rays II, 21-22; pelvic fins joined by membrane for at least 1/3 of length of outer ray; lateral line in 2 sections, 1st section with 27-29 tubed scales, 2nd with 8-10 notched scales; total scales in longitudinal series 33-38; scales rough except smooth on belly; preopercle mostly covered with small scales; scales present on pectoral-fin base.
Female: light brown to reddish pink with four H-shaped red-brown bars on side; a dark stripe along the flank, and black band at base of caudal fin; a large whitish blotch between each set of bars, that in front of tail-base bar silvery white; first dorsal fin red and black; breeding male: 1st dorsal black with two central yellow spots; when breeding body overall reddish, first dorsal colors very bright, a black bar on base of tail fin.
Size: grows to 10 cm.
Inhabits rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-15 m.
Galapagos Islands.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Rocks
- Corals
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- Benthic
- No data
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Galapagos Islands endemic
- TEP endemic
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Island (s) only
- Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Vulnerable
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 10
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 15
