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Elacatinus figaro Sazima, Moura & Rosa, 1997

Barber goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elacatinus: Greek, elakatines = fusiform fishes preserved in salt (Ref. 45335); figaro: From the cleaning habits of this goby. Noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Figaro is the eponymous: Barber of Seville (opera by Rossini) and of Mozart’s: The Marriage of Figaro. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 20 m (Ref. 27343). Tropical; 7°S - 28°S

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Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27343); 2.5 cm SL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs over coral and rocky bottoms on the mainland coast and at or off coastal islands; solitary or in groups of up to 6 individuals on coral heads, among crustose algae and encrusting sponges, or near sea urchins, seeking protection among the spines. Cleans other fishes, e.g. the blenniid Ophioblennius atlanticus, pomacentrid Abudefduf saxatilis, and the serranid Mytoperca rubra.

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Sazima, I., R.L. Moura and R.S. Rosa, 1996. Elacatinus figaro sp. n. (Perciformes: Gobiidae), a new cleaner goby from the coast of Brazil. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 2(3):33-52. (Ref. 27343)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2bcd); Date assessed: 06 April 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 22.6 - 27.3, mean 25.9 °C (based on 116 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00339 - 0.01546), b=3.10 (2.92 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 321 [137, 774] mg/100g; Iron = 1.25 [0.59, 2.62] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.7, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.102 [0.039, 0.238] g/100g; Selenium = 26.3 [9.3, 69.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 138 [32, 576] μg/100g; Zinc = 3.43 [2.02, 5.49] mg/100g (wet weight);