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Eleotridae (Bully sleepers)
Etymology: Guavina: A name from Taíno language, cited by Las Casas: " hay otros peces que llaman guabinas, la media sílaba, breve". From the root "gua" = it, the. "There are other fishes that are named guabina, the middle syllabe, short".
More on author: Valenciennes.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino; agua dulce; salobre demersal; anfidromo (Ref. 46888). Tropical
Western Atlantic: southeastern USA to Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 50536)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 10; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 9 - 10.
Found over muddy bottoms, generally in brackish waters of estuaries but also occurs in fresh water and hyper-saline environments.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 22.9 - 28, mean 25.5 °C (based on 434 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00391 - 0.02676), b=3.02 (2.79 - 3.25), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.2 ±0.6 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 150 [68, 329] mg/100g; Iron = 1.07 [0.54, 2.08] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.6, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.234 [0.134, 0.407] g/100g; Selenium = 30.3 [14.7, 65.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 47.8 [13.3, 149.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.31 [0.88, 1.97] mg/100g (wet weight);