Species: Lythrypnus zebra, Zebra goby


Lythrypnus zebra (Gilbert, 1890)
Zebra goby
Body robust; head round; no 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 (front spines filamentous in male)+ I, 11-14 rays; 9-10 anal rays; 18-21 pectoral rays; pelvics fused into disc; pectoral rays unbranched; tail fin short, round, with 17 segmented rays; scales rough, body covered, 24-30 lateral scale rows, none on head, nape, chest and pectoral base.
Red, ~ 13 narrow blue bars on body and tail base, 5 more on head, bars from top to bottom of body except those on head and anterior belly; both red and blue bars with central vertical line of dark pigment; all fins clear.
Size: 5.7 cm.
Habitat: caves and crevices in rocky areas.
Depth: 1-100 m.
California to the SW Gulf of California, the Revillagigedos.

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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore Only
- Inshore
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Reef only
- Rocks
- Reef (rock/coral/oyster)
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Planktivore
- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Zooplankton
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- No data
- Benthic
- Global Endemism
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- TEP non-endemic
- All species
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- California province, primarily
- Continent
- All species
- Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic
- Island (s)
- Continent + Island (s)
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 5.7
- Depth Range Min
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- 1
- Depth Range Max
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- 100