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Etymology: Gobius: Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); xoriguer: Refers to the Catalan name designating the common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus
1758, a very familiar falcon in Menorca where the first specimen was collected. Both kestrel goby and common kestrel share an orange-brown coloration. Noun in apposition.
Issue
e-publicaition; not in CofF (no CAS_SPC); Sanda with umlaut S.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 51 - 104 m (Ref. 123626). Subtropical; 45°N - 37°N, 6°W - 17°E (Ref. 123626)
Western Mediterranean: Balearic Islands, Spain; Corsica, France; Gulf of Lion, France. Known only from these 3 localities (as of 2021).
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.4 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 123626)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 6; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 13. This species is distingushed by the follwoing set of characters: large eyes, ~27-28% of head length; (2) anterior nostril with a small triangular process; (3) 14 soft rays on D2, 13 soft rays on A; (4) enlarged first dorsal fin rays (adult males), with third D1 spine the longest, 23-27% SL; (5) uppermost P fin rays not free from membrane; (6) long V-shape pelvic fins, ~19% of standard length; (7) 50-51 scales on LL; (8) head oculoscapular canal with pores ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?1, ?2, and preopercular canal with pores ?, ?, ? present; (9) row x1 ending anteriorly behind pore ?; (10) a groove section between pore ? and ?1 connecting the anterior and the posterior oculoscapular canals; (11) suborbital row d discontinuous with large gap below suborbital rows 3 and 4; (12) rows o separated; (13) seven enlarged orange blotches on body side; (14) white dots on cheek and opercle on an orange background.
Cross section: circular.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Iglésias, S.P., J. Vukić, D.Y. Sellos, T. Soukupová and R. Šanda, 2021. Gobius xoriguer, a new offshore Mediterranean goby (Gobiidae), and phylogenetic relationships within the genus Gobius. Ichthyol. Res., online. (Ref. 123626)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00477 - 0.02194), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.1 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia
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).
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