Species: Lythrypnus insularis, Distant goby, Island goby
lower head: red spots
Lythrypnus insularis Bussing, 1990
Distant goby, Island 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 spines filamentous in male)+ I, 10 (9-11) rays; I, 8 (7-9) 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, ~ 29 between gill opening and base of caudal fin, none on head, nape, chest and pectoral base.
Upper half of head red, whitish below with red spots; four narrow blue bars dorsally on head; body red at front, purplish brown at rear, with 13-15 narrow blue bars.
Size: to 2.5 cm.
Inhabits rocky reefs.
Depth: 3-20 m.
Revillagigedo Islands.
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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 only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- No Data
- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Diet
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- No Data
- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- No data
- Benthic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Island (s) only
- Island (s)
- Revillagigedo Islands endemic
- All species
- TEP oceanic island (s) endemic
- TEP endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Vulnerable
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Depth Range Max
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- 20
- Depth Range Min
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- 3
- Length Max
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- 2.5
