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Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Lepadogastrinae
Etymology: Gouania: From Antoine Gouan, in Montpellier was the author of a "Historia piscium" (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Antoine Gouan (1733–1821) was a French naturalist, a pioneer of Linnaean taxonomy in France, who was born and lived in Montpellier. [...] Professor Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812) was a German botanist who mainly undertook taxonomic studies based on collections sent to him by other naturalists. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Risso.
Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied
Ecologie
marien demersaal; diepte 0 - 2 m (Ref. 123696). Subtropical; 45°N - 30°N, 1°W - 36°E
Mediterranean Sea: restricted to the western Mediterranean basin with an easternmost record from Messina (Sicily).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturiteit: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.6 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 137577)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Wervels: 37 - 38. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal head profile straight between nape above eye and upper lip tip; the posterior angle of jaws extends to between a vertical line drawn through the posterior edge of the anterior nostril and a vertical line drawn through the anterior edge of the eye; infraorbital invagination vertical to posterior part of the eye; posterior opercular edge w-shaped with 2 equally long tips; longitudinal infralateral and suborbital transversal rows of superficial neuromasts are placed in the well-defined deep groove; trunk cross-section behind pectoral fin base half oval with straight ventral side; body granules shallow and inconspicuous; vertical eye diameter 2.6-3.3% of SL; horizontal eye diameter 2.3–2.9% of SL; head length 24.3-28.8% of SL; pectoral-fin length 8.6-9.3% of SL; prepectoral distance 24.4-28.4% of SL; ventral adhesive disc length 17.1-19.3% of SL; caudal-fin length 13.5-15.5% of SL; moderate number of vertebrae for the genus 37-38; pharyngeal jaws with small ceratobranchial 5, having several small conical teeth; nasal bones club-shaped; star-like pigmentation around eyes, body colouration when alive dark with clear stripes visible in less pigmented specimens (Ref. 123696).
Cross section: oval.
Inhabits shallow waters (Ref. 10954). It reaches highest abundances in pebble and boulder beaches of less than 0.5 m depth (24 individuals/m2 in Messina), but reported to be found down to 2 m of water depth. It was also observed to occur with Lepadogaster lepadogaster and that males build and guard nests under boulders during spawning season (Ref. 123696),
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller, 2021. Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of Gouania (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of G. willdenowi and G. pigra. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
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Gewenste temperatuur (Ref.
123201): 17.7 - 21.8, mean 19.3 °C (based on 464 cells).
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00200 - 0.01317), b=3.10 (2.88 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): Gemiddeld, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 1,4-4,4 jaar (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Voedingsstoffen (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 229 [39, 929] mg/100g; Iron = 1.53 [0.53, 5.20] mg/100g; Protein = 3.01 [0.00, 6.87] %; Omega3 = 0.246 [0.093, 0.680] g/100g; Selenium = 5.31 [1.05, 20.19] μg/100g; VitaminA = 58.3 [13.0, 249.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.68 [0.78, 3.62] mg/100g (wet weight);
