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Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom, 1995

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Gobiodon: Latin, gobius = gudgeon + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); acicularis: Named for its elongate spine of the first dorsal fin.
More on authors: Harold & Winterbottom.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 10 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical

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Western Central Pacific: Belau [=Palau] to Indonesia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13690)

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9. Only species in the genus with a filamentous first dorsal spine. (Ref. 37816); characterized by yellowish-brown to black color including fins; triangular first dorsal fin, prolonged and filamentous at apex; absence of scales; complete pelvic fin frenum and basal membrane; pelvic fin reaching anus; depth of body at pelvic fin level 2.0-2.5 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Specimens were collected from coral-enclosed area and reef bordering eel-grass flat (Ref. 13690). Also found among branches of hard corals including Echinopora horrida, E.mammiformis and Hydnophora rigida (Ref 90102).

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Harold, A.S. and R. Winterbottom, 1995. Gobiodon acicularis, a new species of gobioid fish (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Belau, Micronesia. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 108(4):687-694. (Ref. 13690)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Near Threatened (NT) (A2c); Date assessed: 28 June 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.4 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).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 254 [106, 555] mg/100g; Iron = 1.13 [0.53, 2.42] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.119 [0.044, 0.256] g/100g; Selenium = 20.2 [8.5, 45.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 102 [24, 425] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.5 [1.5, 4.0] mg/100g (wet weight);