Twinspot triplefin

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Twinspot triplefin
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Genus: Lepidonectes
Species:
L. bimaculatus
Binomial name
Lepidonectes bimaculatus
Allen & Robertson, 1992

The twinspot triplefin (Lepidonectes bimaculatus) is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus Lepidonectes . [2] It was described by Gerald R. Allen and David Ross Robertson in 1992. [3] This species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean where it has been recorded only in the vicinity of Malpelo Island in Colombia. [1] The twinspot triplefin acts as a cleaner fish, its only client species being the grouper Epinephelus labriformis . [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Hastings, P.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Bessudo, S. (2010). "Lepidonectes bimaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T183427A8111778. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183427A8111778.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lepidonectes bimaculatus". FishBase . April 2019 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lepidonectes bimaculatus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Juan Pablo Quimbayo; M. S. Dias; O. R. C. Schlickmann & T. C. Mendes (2016). "Fish cleaning interactions on a remote island in the Tropical Eastern Pacific". Marine Biodiversity. 47 (2): 603–608. doi:10.1007/s12526-016-0493-2.


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