Gymnesigobius medits, Balearic goby

Gymnesigobius medits Kovačić, Ordines, Ramirez-Amaro & Schliewen, 2019

Balearic goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: medits: Named for the MEDITS surveys that made the discovery of the new species; noun in apposition.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 344 - 364 m (Ref. 121825). Temperate

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Mediterranean Sea, Spain.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 121825)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10; Vertebrae: 28. This species is distinguished by the following characters: no fold or barbels on chin; mouth terminal, oblique, and anterior tip above horizontal level of lower eye edge; predorsal area and first dorsal fin base are both naked; anterior membrane (frenum) of pelvic fin well-developed; head with anterior oculoscapular (AOC) and preopercular (PC) canals, with pores ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ? and ?, ?, ? respectively, no posterior oculoscapular canal (POC); pores of head canals enlarged e.g. pores ? and ? are larger or about same size as interspaces to pore ?; transverse suborbital rows of sensory papillae 6, there are 4 continuous suborbital rows in front of row b, fifth divided in three parts but in front of row b, sixth just as superior part above row b and below pore ?; (8) longitudinal suborbital row b barely reaching forward to the vertical from posterior edge of eye (Ref. 121825).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Known only from the upper slope bathyal bottoms of the Balearic Islands (Ref. 121825).

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Kovačić, M., F. Ordines, S. Ramirez-Amaro and U.K. Schliewen, 2019. Gymnesigobius medits (Teleostei: Gobiidae), a new gobiid genus and species from the western Mediterranean slope bottoms. Zootaxa 4651(3):513-530. (Ref. 121825)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 March 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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