Lythrypnus dalli

Lythrypnus dalli
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Lythrypnus
Species:	L. dalli
Binomial name
	Lythrypnus dalli; (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)
Synonyms
	Gobius dalli C. H. Gilbert, 1890; Microgobius cinctus Nichols, 1952;

Lythrypnus dalli, the Blue-banded goby or Catalina Goby is a species of goby native to the eastern Pacific 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

^ ^a ^b 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". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 102 (11): 1393–1404. doi:10.1007/s10641-019-00914-2. ISSN 1573-5133.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lythrypnus dalli". FishBase. June 2013 version.
^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

External links

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[IUCN-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.

[2] 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". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 102 (11): 1393–1404. doi:10.1007/s10641-019-00914-2. ISSN 1573-5133.

[3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lythrypnus dalli". FishBase. June 2013 version.

[ETYFish-4] Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (14 July 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family GOBIIDAE (I-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

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