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Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill & Hoese, 2004

Spotted wriggler
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from the Great Astrolabe Reef, 3.7 km east of Yanu-Yanu-i-Sau I. and south coast of Rotuma, east of Sumi (Ref. 59014).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.spc.org.nc/coastfish/Countries/fiji/fiji.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Gill, A.C. and D.F. Hoese, 2004
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Xenisthmidae (Collared wrigglers)
Etymology: Xenisthmus: Greek, xenos = strange + Greek, isthmos = throat, narrow passage (Ref. 45335);  eirospilus: Name from the Greek 'eiro' meaning to join in lines or string together, and 'spilos' for spot or fleck, refers to the prominent pattern of closely spaced dark spots on the mid-side; noun in apposition..
  More on authors: Gill & Hoese.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 35 m (Ref. 59014), usually 0 - 10 m (Ref. 90102).   Tropical

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Southwestern Pacific: Tasman Sea and the Solomons.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 59014); 2.1 cm SL (female)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 13; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 11 - 12; Vértebra: 27. This species is characterized by the following: second dorsal-fin rays I, 12-13 (usually I, 12); A I, 11-12 (usually I, 11); vertebrae 10 + 17; indented tongue; posterior naris with well-developed flap on anterior rim; upper sides of the body with 12 large, closely spaced spots, these usually do not extend to dorsal edge of body; predorsal area broadly scaled to about vertical through posterior edge of preopercle (Ref. 59014).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

A benthic, inshore species found in coral reefs (Ref. 75154). Also found in sand patches among reefs and rubble, often in surge areas (Ref 90102).

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Gill, A.C. and D.F. Hoese, 2004. Three new Australian species of the fish genus Xenisthmus (Gobioidei: Xenisthmidae). Rec. Aust. Mus.56(2):241-246. (Ref. 59014)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.5 - 29.3, mean 28.2 (based on 1855 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).