Schindleria squirei

Schindleria squirei Robitzch, Landaeta & Ahnelt, 2023

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Schindleriidae (Infantfishes)
Etymology: Schindleria: Named for ichthyologist Otto Schindler, 1906-1959 (Prof. Dr. Konrad Schindler, pers. comm Dec. 2017); squirei: Name 'squirei' in honor of Chris Squire (1948-2015), a musician, singer and songwriter who composed the song 'the Fish (Schindleria praematurus)' from the album 'Fragile' of the progressive rock band 'Yes'.
Eponymy: Otto Schindler (1906–1959) was an ichthyologist at Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany, where he was the first post-war Curator of Ichthyology (1949). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

Marine; reef-associated. Subtropical

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Southeast Pacific: Chile (Easter I.).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 130793)

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Vertebrae: 36 - 37. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body slender, elongated and unpigmented in preserved specimen; a species of the long dorsal fin species group with predorsal-fin length 60.2% in SL and preanal-fin length 70.4% in SL; tail distinctly shorter than abdomen, 29.8% of SL; head massive, 48.7% width in head length, with a conmassive, 48.7% width in head length, with a convex dorsal profile; a relatively narrow pectoral-radial plate, 52.4% width of pectoral-radial plate length; 20-21 dorsal-fin rays; 12 anal-fin rays; first anal-fin ray situated opposite the dorsal-fin ray 9-10; teeth on both jaws tiny, conical, densely set; largest specimen 20.9 mm SL (Ref. 130793).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Robitzch, V., M.F. Landaeta and H. Ahnelt, 2023. A new species of long dorsal-fin Schindleria (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) from Rapa Nui (Chile). Cybium 48(1):35-44. [2024]. (Ref. 130793)

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

  Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 21 March 2024

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest
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