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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.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; non migratori (Ref. 52884), 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.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: 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).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Adults occur in groups near coral heads (Ref. 9710). They pick external parasites found on other fishes (Ref. 13628). Monogamous (Ref. 52884).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | 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)
Stato della Lista Rossa IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Minaccia per l'uomo
Harmless
Usi umani
Pesca: commerciale; Acquario: Commerciale
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Stime basate su modelli
Temperatura preferita (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 25.4 - 28.2, mean 27.7 °C (based on 168 cells).
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00347 - 0.01582), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.4 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilità della pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrienti (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);