Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Lythrypnus dalli (Gilbert, 1890)

gobio barbero de bandas azules, gobio bonito, gusanito del diablo, gobio azul rayado, Blue banded goby

Size> Reaches lengths of 3 cm in the Galapagos, but slightly larger elsewhere.

Habitat: known only from the type specimen from Isabela, in deep water, 60m.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Teleostei

Order
Gobiiformes

Suborder
Gobioidei

Family
Gobiidae

Genus
Lythrypnus

Species
dalli

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Eastern Pacific,from off southern California and the Gulf of California to Afuera Islands, Peru, and Cocos, Galapagos.

References

  • Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Lythrypnus dalli", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14007. Accessed 7 May 2025.