Parioglossus formosus, Beautiful hover goby

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Parioglossus formosus (Smith, 1931)

Beautiful hover goby
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> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Ptereleotrinae
Etymology: Parioglossus: Greek, pareia = jaw + Greek, glossa = tongue (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Smith.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 0 - 15 m (Ref. 48444). Tropical; 25°N - 24°S

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Mapa de puntos | Introducciones | Faunafri

Western Pacific: Gulf of Thailand to Fiji, north to Yayaema Islands, south to northwestern Australia and the southern Great Barrier Reef.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 48637)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 6 - 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 13 - 15; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 13 - 15.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs in shallow coastal reefs and mangrove-lined inlets. Hovers in schools among branching corals or mangroves to a depth of about 4 meters.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Randall, John E. | Colaboradores

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 18 August 2023

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 26.1 - 29.3, mean 28.7 °C (based on 1701 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [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 (Referencia 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈