Galapagos triplefin blenny

Lepidonectes corallicola, known commonly as the Galapagos triplefin blenny, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Lepidonectes.[2] It was described by William Converse Kendall and Lewis Radcliffe in 1912.[3] This species is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. It occurs on rocky slopes and harbour walls where the males hold territories in the breeding season, November to February. These territories are 50 centimetres (20 in) in diamemter and the males court females who lay the eggs in his territory and then departs. The male continues to court additional females while guarding the previous female's egg mass from predators. They can be found down to 15 metres (49 ft).[1]

Galapagos triplefin blenny
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Lepidonectes
Species:
L. corallicola
Binomial name
Lepidonectes corallicola
(Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
Synonyms

Enneapterygius corallicola Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912

References
  1. Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Fricke, R. & Hastings, P. (2010). "Lepidonectes corallicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T155156A4731228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155156A4731228.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Lepidonectes corallicola" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Lepidonectes corallicola". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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