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J., 1964., Provisional check list of fishes of the Revillagigedo islands., 18 pp. Wiley, J. W., 1976., Life histories and systematics of the western North American gobies Lythrypnus dalli (Gilbert) and Lythrypnus zebra (Gilbert)., Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 18:169-184. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-04-28 11:51:43 gmt Discover Life | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation