Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lythrypnus dalli
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.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Gobiiformes
Suborder
Gobioidei
Family
Gobiidae
Genus
Lythrypnus
Species
dalli
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Eastern Pacific,from off southern California and the Gulf of California to Afuera Islands, Peru, and Cocos, Galapagos.
- 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.