Halfblind goby

Halfblind goby
	Heads of juvenile (top) and adult (bottom)
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Gobionellinae
Genus:	Lethops; C. L. Hubbs, 1926
Species:	L. connectens
Binomial name
	Lethops connectens; C. L. Hubbs, 1926

Lethops connectens, the Halfblind goby, is a species of marine goby native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from central California, United States to Baja California, Mexico where they inhabit kelp forests. The adults hide amongst the stones and holdfasts at the bottom while the juveniles form schools in the canopy. This species can reach a length of 6.4 centimetres (2.5 in) TL.^[1] Like the name suggests, the eyes of L. connectens are highly reduced.^[2] This species is the only known member of its genus.

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lethops connectens". FishBase. June 2013 version.
^ Carl L. Hubbs (1926). "Notes on the gobioid fishes of California, with descriptions of two new genera". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (169): 1–7.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lethops connectens". FishBase. June 2013 version.

[2] Carl L. Hubbs (1926). "Notes on the gobioid fishes of California, with descriptions of two new genera". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (169): 1–7.

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