With a bright orange-red body and
three - nine electric blue vertical stripes, the blue-banded goby seems to glow
with the fluorescence of a neon light.
This peaceful little sea creature (Lythrypnus dalli) is also called the Catalina
goby. It is from the family Gobiidae, a group of small fish with an estimated
2,000 species occurring worldwide in both fresh and saltwater environments.
Blue-banded gobies can often be seen
hanging upside down in underwater caves at depths of 20 to several hundred
feet. Blue-banded gobies are beautiful and very colorful fish. They are mostly
red with blue bands near their head region. The number of bands varies with
each fish. It is a small fish which are reach an adult size of only 2-2.5
inches (6-6.5 cm) in length. It is a short-lived fish and may live for up to 18
months only.
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| Blue Banded Goby |
They live in small groups with a
single male and multiple females. If the male leaves or dies, the largest
female changes sex. The attractive crevice dweller rarely ventures far from its
rocky habitat, darting in and they are out of holes only to capture small plank
tonic food, attract a mate or vigorously defend its nest using its brilliant
colors to remind intruders of its strong defensive instincts.
This angelic little sea fish are
found in the Eastern Pacific and off the coast of California
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Beautiful!
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