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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elacatinus: Greek, elakatines = fusiform fishes preserved in salt (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr John ‘Jack’ Ernest Randall Jr. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Böhlke & Robins.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina, usually 1 - 50 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115)
Western Central Atlantic: Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles to Curaçao and Venezuela.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.6 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 13628)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 7; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 12 - 13; Spine anali: 1; Raggi anali molli: 10 - 12. Head and body with two black stripes, one middorsal and one lateral, the two separated by a narrow bright yellow stripe which commences on upper part of eye; all three stripes continuing into caudal fin (Ref. 13442).
Occurs in groups near coral heads (Ref. 9710). Picks external parasites found on other fishes (Ref. 13628). Monogamous (Ref. 52884).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Monogamous mating is observed as both obigate and social (Ref. 52884).
Cervigón, F., 1994. Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 3. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 295 p. (Ref. 13628)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 25.4 - 28.2, mean 27.7 °C (based on 168 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00339 - 0.01546), b=3.10 (2.92 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 263 [114, 588] mg/100g; Iron = 1.15 [0.54, 2.33] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [15.8, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.103 [0.041, 0.232] g/100g; Selenium = 28.7 [11.4, 72.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 120 [29, 463] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.95 [1.79, 4.58] mg/100g (wet weight);
