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Etymology: Schismatogobius: Greek, schisma, -atos = crack, fissure + latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Peters.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 125666). Tropical
Asia: Japan, Philippines, and Indonesia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7050); 4.2 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9. This species is distinguished by the following characters: pectoral-fin rays 16; body deep (body depth at pelvic-fin origin 19.8-21.9% of SL); trunk relatively long (pre-anal length 57.4-60.1% of SL; pre-anal-fin length 62.2-64.6% of SL); the snout blunt and steep. Colouration: two dark brown, transverse bands on posterior half of the body; pectoral fin with 1-8 black spots along each ray forming vertical bars; in males, the isthmus, gular region, and pelvic fins are densely pigmented; isthmus and gular region of female almost cream or white, usually with a brownish blotch on gular region; pelvic fin almost translucent, but with a few melanophores along soft rays in female; one diamond-shaped dark brown blotch from caudal-fin base to proximal part of caudal fin; posterior half of branched caudal-fin rays with 3-5 small black spots forming thin vertical bars (Ref. 125666).
Collected from the lower freshwater reaches of a stream in Japan,150 m from the upper limit of tidal fluctuations, with S. ninja. It was also observed in two other streams on Okinawa Island, located 50 and 600 m from the upper limit of tidal fluctuations. Found in rapids at depths of 5-30 cm and in one case, was observed to swim away in the middle of the water column against a strong current, a behavior not seen in S. ninja and S. ampluvinculus (Ref. 125666).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p. (Ref. 7050)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00444 - 0.02153), b=3.04 (2.85 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±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).
