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Pomatoschistus bathi Miller, 1982

Bath's goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Pomatoschistus: Greek, poma, -atos = cover, operculum + Greek, schistos = divided (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Hans Walter Bath (1924–2015) was a German ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 7 - 14 m (Ref. 92840). Subtropical; 46°N - 30°N, 6°W - 36°E

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Mediterranean Sea: eastward into the Sea of Marmara.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. )

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Pectoral fin with 14-16 rays; males with several short bars on flank, mostly on lower half; females with 3-4 short bars on flank, mostly on lower half (Ref. 59043); body shape is terete, slightly depressed; eyes situated dorso-laterally; reduced swim bladders (Ref. 92840).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on sand and gravel in 7 m (Ref. 4696, 92840), muddy sand bottom in 10 m and rock sand ecotone in 14 m; meiofauna feeder; live together with G.geniporus, prefers benthic prey as well as fish and suprabenthic like harticoids and ostracods. (Ref. 92840). Max. length (Robert A. Patzner, pers. comm., 1999).

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Miller, P.J., 1986. Gobiidae. p. 1019-1085. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4696)

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

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 March 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.5 - 19.8, mean 18.9 °C (based on 311 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00286 - 0.01601), b=3.05 (2.87 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.34 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming fec < 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).