Lythrypnus
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| Lythrypnus | |
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| Bluebanded Gobies Lythrypnus dalli, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, California. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Lythrypnus D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Gobius dalli 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.
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