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Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud, 1933) Red Sea goby |
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photo by
Miller, P.J. |
| Family: | Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobiinae | |||
| Max. size: | 5 cm TL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 2 years | |||
| Environment: | demersal; marine; depth range - 5 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea, including the Suez Canal. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 6-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-11; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 11-12 | |||
| Biology: | Inshore shallows, on sand. Feed on harpacticoid copepods and nematodes; also oligochaetes, gastropods and other meiobenthos. Life span probably does not go beyond 2 years (Ref. 44579). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 127989. | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 04 February 2009 Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||
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