Lythrypnus

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Bluebanded Gobies.jpg

| image_caption = Bluebanded Gobies Lythrypnus dalli, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, California.

| taxon = Lythrypnus

| authority = D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896

| type_species = Gobius dalli

| type_species_authority = C. H. Gilbert 1890

}}

Lythrypnus is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas including Cocos Island and the Galapagos Islands. Lythrypnus is a hermaphroditic fish that is able to change sex. Depending on its size and shape, Lythrypnus Dalli is able to have both male and female reproductive function.

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Lythrypnus| month = June | year = 2013}}

Lythrypnus alphigena W. A. Bussing, 1990
Lythrypnus brasiliensis D. W. Greenfield, 1988
Lythrypnus cobalus W. A. Bussing, 1990
Lythrypnus crocodilus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928) (Mahogany goby)
Lythrypnus dalli (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Bluebanded goby)
Lythrypnus elasson J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Dwarf goby)
Lythrypnus gilberti (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) (Galapagos blue-banded goby)
Lythrypnus heterochroma Ginsburg, 1939 (Diphasic goby)
Lythrypnus insularis W. A. Bussing, 1990 (Distant goby)
Lythrypnus lavenbergi W. A. Bussing, 1990
Lythrypnus minimus Garzón & Acero P., 1988 (Pygmy goby)
Lythrypnus mowbrayi (T. H. Bean, 1906)
Lythrypnus nesiotes J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Island goby)
Lythrypnus okapia C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1964 (Okapi goby)
Lythrypnus phorellus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Convict goby)
Lythrypnus pulchellus Ginsburg, 1938 (Gorgeous goby)
Lythrypnus rhizophora (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) (Spotcheek goby)
Lythrypnus solanensis Acero P., 1981
Lythrypnus spilus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Bluegold goby)
Lythrypnus zebra (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Zebra goby)

References

St Mary, C. M. (1994). Sex allocation in a simultaneous hermaphrodite, the blue-banded goby (Lythrypnus dalli): the effects of body size and behavioral gender and the consequences for reproduction. Behavioral Ecology, 5(3), 304–313. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/5.3.304

Category:Gobiidae

Category:Ray-finned fish genera

Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan

Category:Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann