Lythrypnus spilus Bluegold goby, Spotwing goby

Lythrypnus spilusis commonly referred to as Bluegold goby, Spotwing goby. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Jim Garin, USA

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lexID:: 10616
AphiaID:: 281471

Scientific:: Lythrypnus spilus
German:: Grundel
English:: Bluegold Goby, Spotwing Goby

Category:: Gobies

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobiidae (Family) > Lythrypnus (Genus) > spilus (Species)
Initial determination:: Böhlke & Robins, 1960

Occurrence:: Barbados, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Columbia, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Virgin Islands, U.S.
Sea depth:: 1 - 26 Meter
Size:: 2,5 cm
Temperature:: 26,8 °F - 27,5 °F (26,8°C - 27,5°C)
Food:: Amphipods, Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Brine Shrimps, Copepods, Cyclops, Flakes, Frozen food (small sorts), Living Food, Lobster eggs, Shrimps, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Easy
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lythrypnus alphigena
Lythrypnus brasiliensis
Lythrypnus cobalus
Lythrypnus crocodilus
Lythrypnus dalli
Blaustreifen-Grundel
Lythrypnus elasson
Lythrypnus gilberti
Galapagos-Grundel
Lythrypnus heterochroma
Lythrypnus insularis
Grundel
Lythrypnus lavenbergi
Lythrypnus minimus
Lythrypnus mowbrayi
Lythrypnus nesiotes
Lythrypnus okapia
Lythrypnus phorellus
Lythrypnus pulchellus
Lythrypnus rhizophora
Grundel
Lythrypnus solanensis
Lythrypnus spilus
Grundel
Lythrypnus zebra
Zebra Grundel

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-04-08 18:32:01
Last edit:: 2017-04-09 19:25:13

Info

Böhlke & Robins, 1960

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Gobioidei (Suborder) > Gobiidae (Family) > Gobiinae (Subfamily) > Lythrypnus (Genus) > Lythrypnus spilus (Species)

Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.

https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html

A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Flower Garden Banks, NMS Texas, USA

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