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Etymology: Cabillus: Dutch, kabeljau = cod fish, a dish of cod mached (Ref. 45335); nigrostigmus: Name from Latin 'nigrostigmus', referring to the distinctive black mark in the lower posterior of the first dorsal fin.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 1 - 6 m (Ref. 94146). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Egypt, Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.2 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. This species is distinguished by the following characters: pectoral-fin rays 19; transverse scale series 7; nape with scales, median predorsal scales 7; body depth 5.8-6.0 in SL; snout length 1.5-1.9 in eye diameter (Ref. 94146).
Occurs over sandy bottom, in shallow water in open sandy areas. It is active at night and partly borrowes quickly in the sand when alarmed, like dragonets, by shaking the body and digging using large pectoral fins with their thickened membranes (Ref. 94146).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kovačič, M. and S.V. Bogorodsky, 2013. Two new species of Cabillus (Perciformes: Gobiidae) and the first record of Cabillus macrophthalmus from the Western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3717(2):179-194. (Ref. 94146)
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 = No PD50 data [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): 3.2 ±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).
