Species: Lythrypnus dalli, Bluebanded goby
Lythrypnus dalli (Gilbert, 1890)
Bluebanded goby
Body robust; head round; with fleshy crest along top of head and nape; mouth very oblique; head without pores; papillae around mouth, on cheeks and operculum and over eye; front nostril a long tube, rear nostril a raised rim; tongue round to blunt; 5-7 gill rakers; dorsal fin VI (1st 2-3 spines filamentous in male) + I, 17 (15-19) rays; I, 15.5 (11-16) anal rays; 18-19 (17-20) pectoral rays; pectoral rays unbranched; pelvics fused into disc; tail fin short, round, with 17 segmented rays; scales rough, body covered, none on head, nape, chest and pectoral base; 40-50 midlateral rows.
Bright red grading to orange posteriorly; a pair of narrow blue bars on head and 3-5 similar bars on body; pectoral clear.
Size: attains 6.4 cm.
Inhabits rocky slopes, often seen with the purple sea urchin (Echinometra vanbrundti).
Depth: 1-75 m.
Southern California to the Gulf of California to central Peru, Cocos, Malpelo and the Galapagos.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Rocks
- Reef only
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Data
- Zooplankton
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s)
- Continent
- All species
- Continent + Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 6.4
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 75
