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Common names: Gobio de brasas
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality of Palatogobius incendius from the leeward side of NW coast, Playa Jeremi, Curacao, southern Caribbean, USNM 410996. Found at depths of 119 to 128 meters.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Tornabene, L. and C.C. Baldwin, 2017
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Common names from other countries

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> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Palatogobius: Latin, palatum = pertaining to palate and/or teeth + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); incendius: 'incendius', i.e., adjective from 'incendium'(Latin), meaning fire; referringf to the bright orange, yellow and reddish-pink coloration on the body, head and fins (Ref. 128886).

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

marino batidemersal; rango de profundidad 88 - 201 m (Ref. 128886). Tropical

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Western Central Atlantic: Curacao, Dominica and Honduras.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.2 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 128886); 2.2 cm SL (female)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Radios blandos anales: 14 - 17. It is distinguished with a yellow/orange stripe along the lateral midline, extending to the entire length of the caudal fin; D2 I,14-16; A I,14-17; P 18-20. The vomer has no teeth. Body scales are absent except for a few cycloid scales (2-3) at the base of the caudal fin. Absence of intraorbital pore C; paired intraorbital pores D; and eye diamater 7-9% SL (Ref. 128886).

Found in deep reefs, schooling at the top or bottom of vertical walls, with a stretch of sand and small rocks, at depths of 88 to 201 meters. The largest specimens were 2.22 cm for males and 2.15 cm for females (Ref. 128886).

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Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Tornabene, L. and C.C. Baldwin, 2017. A new mesophotic goby, Palatogobius incendius (Teleostei: Gobiidae), and the first record of invasive lionfish preying on undescribed biodiversity. PLoS ONE 12(5):e0177179. (Ref. 128886)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 October 2018

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00333 - 0.01504), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resiliencia (Ref. 120179): Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Palatogobius incendius Tornabene, Robertson & Baldwin, 2017