Lythrypnus

Lythrypnus
Bluebanded Gobies Lythrypnus dalli, San Clemente Island, Channel Islands, California.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:

• Lythrypnus alphigena W. A. Bussing, 1990
• Lythrypnus brasiliensis D. W. Greenfield, 1988
• Lythrypnus cobalus W. A. Bussing, 1990
• Lythrypnus crocodilus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928) (Mahogany goby)
• 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 Ginsburg, 1939 (Diphasic goby)
• Lythrypnus insularis W. A. Bussing, 1990 (Distant goby)
• Lythrypnus lavenbergi W. A. Bussing, 1990
• Lythrypnus minimus Garzón & Acero P., 1988 (Pygmy goby)
• Lythrypnus mowbrayi (T. H. Bean, 1906)
• Lythrypnus nesiotes J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Island goby)
• Lythrypnus okapia C. R. Robins & J. E. Böhlke, 1964 (Okapi goby)
• Lythrypnus phorellus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Convict goby)
• Lythrypnus pulchellus Ginsburg, 1938 (Gorgeous goby)
• Lythrypnus rhizophora (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) (Spotcheek goby)
• Lythrypnus solanensis Acero P., 1981
• Lythrypnus spilus J. E. Böhlke & C. R. Robins, 1960 (Bluegold goby)
• Lythrypnus zebra (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Zebra goby)