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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Gobionellus: Diminutive of Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Meek & Hildebrand.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: El Salvador to Panama and possibly Ecuador.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55435); 8.1 cm SL (female)
Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 15. This species differs from its congeners by the following characters: terminal mouth oblique; absence of a large blotch on pectoral-fin base; trunk with a large blotch anterodorsally beneath pectoral fin and a series of small midlateral spots, but no series of large midlateral blotches with vertical extensions; D2 and A each with 15 elements; broadly confluent dorsal fins; small cycloid scales completely covering trunk and nape, with 70 or more in a lateral series; upper jaw with one complete row of teeth in most specimens, but 2 or 3 appearing in larger individuals; first gill arch with 8 thin rakers on ceratobranchial, 6 on epibranchial (Ref. 55435).
Collected from tidepools, over sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 55435).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Pezold, F., 2004. Redescriptions and synonymies of species of the American-west African genus Gobionellus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) with a key to species. Copeia 2004(2):281-297. (Ref. 55435)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00338 - 0.01553), b=3.05 (2.87 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.5 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).