''Lythrypnus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
gobies
Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising over 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the fam ...
native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the
Americas
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including
Cocos Island
Cocos Island () is a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica, approximately southwest of the Costa Rican mainland. It constitutes the 11th of the 15 districts of Puntarenas Canton of the Puntarenas Province, Province of ...
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
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
in this genus:
* ''
Lythrypnus alphigena''
W. A. Bussing, 1990
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Lythrypnus brasiliensis''
D. W. Greenfield, 1988
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Lythrypnus cobalus''
W. A. Bussing, 1990
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Lythrypnus crocodilus''
( Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928) (Mahogany goby)
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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
''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, Lyth ...
''
Ginsburg, 1939 (Diphasic goby)
* ''
Lythrypnus insularis
''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, Lythr ...
''
W. A. Bussing, 1990 (Distant goby)
* ''
Lythrypnus lavenbergi
''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, Lyth ...
''
W. A. Bussing, 1990
* ''
Lythrypnus minimus
''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, Lyth ...
''
Garzón & Acero P., 1988 (Pygmy goby)
* ''
Lythrypnus mowbrayi''
( T. H. Bean, 1906)
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Lythrypnus nesiotes''
J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Island goby)
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Lythrypnus okapia''
C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1964 (Okapi goby)
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Lythrypnus phorellus''
J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Convict goby)
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Lythrypnus pulchellus''
Ginsburg, 1938 (Gorgeous goby)
* ''
Lythrypnus rhizophora''
( Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) (Spotcheek goby)
* ''
Lythrypnus solanensis''
Acero P., 1981
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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]
Gobiidae
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann
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