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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elacatinus: Greek, elakatines = fusiform fishes preserved in salt (Ref. 45335); figaro: From the cleaning habits of this goby. Noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Figaro is the eponymous: Barber of Seville (opera by Rossini) and of Mozart’s: The Marriage of Figaro. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 3 - 20 m (Ref. 27343). Tropical; 7°S - 28°S
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27343); 2.5 cm SL (female)
Occurs over coral and rocky bottoms on the mainland coast and at or off coastal islands; solitary or in groups of up to 6 individuals on coral heads, among crustose algae and encrusting sponges, or near sea urchins, seeking protection among the spines. Cleans other fishes, e.g. the blenniid Ophioblennius atlanticus, pomacentrid Abudefduf saxatilis, and the serranid Mytoperca rubra.
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Sazima, I., R.L. Moura and R.S. Rosa, 1996. Elacatinus figaro sp. n. (Perciformes: Gobiidae), a new cleaner goby from the coast of Brazil. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 2(3):33-52. (Ref. 27343)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): 22.6 - 27.3, mean 25.9 °C (based on 116 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
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).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.4 ±0.3 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.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrientes (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 321 [137, 774] mg/100g; Iron = 1.25 [0.59, 2.62] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.7, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.102 [0.039, 0.238] g/100g; Selenium = 26.3 [9.3, 69.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 138 [32, 576] μg/100g; Zinc = 3.43 [2.02, 5.49] mg/100g (wet weight);