FB-69429 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69429 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Characiformes Acestrorhamphidae Psalidodon Psalidodon powelli (Terán, Butí & Mirande, 2017) Piglet sucker Gouania piger (Nardo, 1827) Gouania prototypus Nardo, 1833 Lepadogaster piger Nardo, 1827 Lepadogaster pigra Nardo, 1827 Leptopterygius piger (Nardo, 1827) 2021-05-10 2021-05-10 Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller0 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-69439 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-19 00:00:00 2021-05-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69439 Inhabits intertidal pebble beaches, where it might be found even above the waterline during low tide, and rarely occurs in fields of larger boulders (Ref. 123696). Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller 2021 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69439 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-19 00:00:00 2021-05-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69439 This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: dorsal head profile in lateral view 'S' curved, concave above the eye and convex at the nape; posterior angle of jaws extends to, or close to, vertical line drawn through anterior edge of anterior nostril; infraorbital invagination below anterior half of eye or below mideye; posterior opercular edge with 2 tips, the upper longer or equal to lower; longitudinal infralateral and suborbital transversal rows of superficial neuromasts located in the well-defined deep groove; body cross-section behind pectoral fin base half oval to pentagonal with a straight ventral side; body granules shallow and inconspicuous; pectoral rays 13-16; upper attachment of disc membrane attached to base of pectoral fin at 12th-15th pectoral ray; principal caudal rays 10-11; head length 19.5-22.9% of SL: pectoral-fin length 5.6-7.5% of SL; prepectoral distance 19.5-23.4% of SL; ventral adhesive disc length, 12.1-14.6% of SL; caudal-fin length 11.1-12.7% of SL; large total number of vertebrae 39-40; pharyngeal jaws with elongated ceratobranchial 5, with several larger elongated conical teeth; nasal bones hook-shaped; star-like pigmentation around eyes absent, pigmentation generally reduced (Ref. 123696). Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller 2021 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696) FB-Morphology-69439 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-19 00:00:00 2021-05-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69439 Vertebrae: 39 - 40 Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller 2021 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696) FB-Distribution-69439 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-19 00:00:00 2025-04-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69439 Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea endemic. Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller 2021 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696) FB-Size-69439 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-19 00:00:00 2021-05-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69439 4.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 123696)) Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller 2021 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69439 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-19 00:00:00 2021-05-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69439 demersal; marine