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Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Lepadogastrinae
Etymology: Gouania: From Antoine Gouan, in Montpellier was the author of a "Historia piscium" (Ref. 45335); hofrichteri: Named for Robert Hofrichter, the species epithet was formed from the personal name, as the noun in the genitive case, with 'I' added to the stem of the name (Article 31.1.2., ICZN, 1999).
Eponymy: Dr Antoine Gouan (1733–1821) was a French naturalist, a pioneer of Linnaean taxonomy in France, who was born and lived in Montpellier. [...] Robert Hofrichter (d: 1957) is an Austrian zoologist, biologist, environmentalist, author, journalist, tour guide and nature photographer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / distribution range
Ecologie
marien demersaal. Temperate
Mediterranean Sea: widespread.
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.7 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 123696)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal head profile 'S' curved in lateral view, concave above eye and convex at nape; posterior angle of jaws extends to between vertical line drawn through posterior edge of anterior nostril and vertical line drawn through anterior edge of eye; infraorbital invagination below anterior half of eye or below mideye; posterior opercular edge with pointed upper tip and a rounded lower edge; longitudinal infralateral and suborbital transversal rows of superficial neuromasts in a shallow groove disappearing in posterior part of longitudinal infralateral row; cross-section of body behind pectoral fin base triangular with ventral flat and dorsal pointed; body granules large and prominent, at least on posterior part and nape; upper attachment of gill membrane opposite to 3rd-4th pectoral ray; vertical eye diameter 2.0-2.7% of SL; head length 18.9-23.4% of SL; pectoral-fin length 5.4-6.4% of SL; pre-pectoral distance 19.5-23.7% of SL; ventral adhesive disc length 10.2-13.4% of SL; caudal-fin length 11.5-13.4% of SL; high total number of vertebrae 38-40; pharyngeal jaws with ceratobranchial 5 elongated, having several larger elongated conical teeth; nasal bones hook-shaped; no star-like pigmentation around eyes, body pigmentation striped or marbled, small iridophores visible (Ref. 123696).
Cross section: oval.
The species inhabits intertidal pebble beaches and probably shows passive emergence behaviour. It occurs in sympatry with G. orientalis throughout its distribution and on the island Corfu with G. adriatica (Ref. 123696).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller, 2021. Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
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Estimates based on models
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00205 - 0.01282), b=3.10 (2.88 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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