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Twinspot triplefin
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. It was described by Gerald R. Allen and David Ross Robertson in 1992. This species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean where it has been recorded only in the vicinity of Malpelo Island in Colombia. The twinspot triplefin acts as a cleaner fish, its only client species being the grouper Epinephelus labriformis.

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Lepidonectes bimaculatus


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