Biology:Lythrypnus dalli
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Lythrypnus |
| Species: | L. dalli
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| Lythrypnus dalli (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)
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Lythrypnus dalli, commonly known as the blue-banded goby or Catalina goby, is a species of goby. It is native to the eastern Pacific where it is found from Monterey Bay, California to northern Peru, including the Gulf of California.[1] It can be found in coastal waters at depths of from 0 to 76 metres (0 to 249 ft) with rocky substrates in which there are crevices for concealment. It is also known to hide amongst the spines of sea urchins. It is a bidirectional hermaphrodite and capable of rapidly switching sexes.[2] This species can reach a length of 6.4 centimetres (2.5 in) TL. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.[3] The specific name honours the malacologist William Healey Dall (1845-1927), who when trawling for specimens off Catalina Harbour, California , caught one of the type specimens.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Van Tassell, J.; Lea, R.; Bearez, P. (2010). "Lythrypnus dalli". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T183363A8100277. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183363A8100277.en.
- ↑ Maxfield, Jessica M.; Cole, Kathleen S. (2019-11-01). "Structural changes in the ovotestis of the bidirectional hermaphrodite, the blue-banded goby (Lythrypnus dalli), during transition from ova production to sperm production" (in en). Environmental Biology of Fishes 102 (11): 1393–1404. doi:10.1007/s10641-019-00914-2. ISSN 1573-5133.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Lythrypnus dalli" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 14 July 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/gobiiformes6/.
External links
- Photos of Lythrypnus dalli on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q883076 entry
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