Lythrypnus gilberti, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Photo: Graham Edgar
Lythrypnus gilberti, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Localised
Description
Bright red head becoming darker towards rear, with a series of narrow blue bars on body. Lives in crevices and cracks in the reef, on slopes and walls. Can be quite aggressive. Known only from the Galapagos Islands.
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Many (33 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Copyright to the photographs on this site belongs solely to the credited photographers. Any requests for usage can be directed to the photographer through
enquiries@reeflifesurvey.com.