Galapagos triplefin blenny

Lepidonectes corallicola

Fish Reaching Eight Point Nine Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

Tropical
Island endemic
Southern Hemisphere
Island endemic species
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Small
Tropical fish

The Galapagos triplefin blenny (Lepidonectes corallicola) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Lepidonectes. It was described by William Converse Kendall and Lewis Radcliffe in 1912. This species is endemic to the Galapagos Islands.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Blennies and Allies
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Lepidonectes
Maximum length: 8.9 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Southeast Pacific: endemic to the Galapagos Islands.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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