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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Deltentosteus: Greek, deltos, ou = small board + Greek, entos = inside + Greek, osteon = bone (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Valenciennes.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 10 - 333 m (Ref. 56504). Subtropical; 45°N - 19°N
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: southern Bay of Biscay to Gibraltar and Saharian grounds (26°-19°N).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 6.2 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 53342)
Distinguished by the following characteristics: Fins: Dl V - IV (V:l, VI: 29), D2 1/7 - 10 (7: 1, 9: 28,
10:1), A 1/9 - 10 (9: 28, 10:2), P 18 - 20 (18: 19, 19: 8, 20: 3). Scales: LL 33 - 36 (33:1, 34: 8, 35: 14, 36: 5, d: 2) (Ref. 86376)
Epibenthic over sand or muddy sand (Ref. 5299). Meiofauna feeder (Ref. 92840). Up to depth of 90 m (Ref. 5299) but collected up to depth of 333 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Minimum depth from Ref. 104982.
Miller, P.J., 1990. Gobiidae. p. 925-951. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon, SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 5299)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 13.3 - 18.2, mean 15.2 °C (based on 154 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00408 - 0.01228), b=3.09 (2.94 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 3.0 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 168 [82, 380] mg/100g; Iron = 1.28 [0.66, 2.62] mg/100g; Protein = 18.1 [16.1, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.449 [0.204, 0.821] g/100g; Selenium = 23.9 [11.3, 50.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 27.4 [7.7, 93.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.24 [0.80, 1.93] mg/100g (wet weight);
