Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 20 m (Ref. 48637). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Samoa and the Hawaiian Islands.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 11344)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 9; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 8. Brown with irregular spots; dorsal and caudal fins with bands in females, dusky in males; often with dark brown saddle below each of the dorsal fins (Ref. 2798); characterized further by having upper five pectoral rays with free tips and sixth ray partly free; three branches on upper four pectoral rays; rounded caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 37-38; predorsal scales 18-20, reaching or nearly reaching interorbital space; cheek and opercle without scales; presence of fleshy double flap from edge of cheek into notch at posterior end of upper lip; ctenoid body scales, becoming cycloid on abdomen, breast, base of pectoral fin and nape; depressed head, width greater than depth; depth of body 4.3-5.5 in SL (Ref. 90102).
Inhabits intertidal seaward reef flats (Ref. 37816, 48637). Also found in shallow reefs near shore (Ref. 90102).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Benthic spawner.
Randall, J.E. and M. Goren, 1993. A review of the gobioid fishes of the Maldives. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (58):1-37, 5 pls. (Ref. 9360)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
Special reports
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): 24.2 - 29.3, mean 28.2 (based on 3609 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00477 - 0.02194), b=3.02 (2.84 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).