| Family: | Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae |
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| Order: | Perciformes (perch-likes) | |||||
| Class: | Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) | |||||
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| Max. size: | 4.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 41649); 3.03 cm SL (female) | |||||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range 6 – 18 m | |||||
| Climate: | subtropical | |||||
| Importance: | ||||||
| Resilience: | High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(Preliminary K or Fecundity.) | |||||
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Distribution:
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Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia, east to Fiji. | |||||
| Morphology: | Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 26. Diagnosis: Dorsal rays VI - I,9. Anal rays 1,8. Pectoral rays 17-19 (usually 18). Longitudinal scale series 25. Head naked except for scales on side of nape reaching nearly to above upper end of preopercular margin; posterior nostril not close to orbit. The body is slender, depth 5.45-5.75 in SL; snout length 3.0-3.4 in head; first dorsal fin not higher than second; second dorsal spine usually longest, 5.35-5.8 in SL. Pelvic fins fully joined medially by membrane (when intact); pelvic frenum absent. Body translucent with numerous very small orange-yellow spots with blackish centers on head and body, those on head arranged in oblique rows; a black spot the size of pupil or smaller at midbase of caudal fin; a second smaller blackish spot just above base of pectoral fin; dorsal and caudal fins with orange-yellow spots; a dusky orange line from upper part of first membrane of first dorsal fin to base of second spine (Ref. 41649). | |||||
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