Species: Lythrypnus gilberti, Galapagos blue-banded goby
Lythrypnus gilberti (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
Galapagos blue-banded 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, 14-15 rays; 11 anal rays; 18-19 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; 37-39 midlateral rows.
Head pinkish orange to red, with blue spots around eye and short blue bars on nape &/or operculum; body purplish brown with 8-10 narrow, dark-edged white bars.
Size: to 4.5 cm.
Inhabits rocky reefs.
Depth: 1-40 m.
Galapagos Islands.
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- Salinity
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- Marine Only
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef only
- Rocks
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Zooplankton
- No Data
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Benthic
- No data
- Global Endemism
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- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- All species
- Regional Endemism
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- All species
- Island (s) only
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- Galapagos Islands endemic
- Island (s)
- TEP endemic
- 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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- 4.5
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 40
