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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elacatinus: Greek, elakatines = fusiform fishes preserved in salt (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Jordan.
Ambiente: milieu / zona climatica / distribuzione batimetrica / gamma di distribuzione
Ecologia
marino associati a barriera corallina; non migratori (Ref. 52884); distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 45 m (Ref. 9710), usually 1 - 40 m (Ref. 27115). Subtropical; 21°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 28°N - 16°N, 98°W - 61°W
Western Central Atlantic: southern Florida to Texas (USA) southward to Belize.
Dimensione / Peso / Età
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 7251)
Spine dorsali (totale) : 7 - 8; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 10 - 13; Spine anali: 1; Raggi anali molli: 9 - 12. Characterized by a conspicuous coloration: dark blue horizontal band on an almost light body (Ref. 92840). Pale stripe in front of each eye, not reaching tip of snout (Ref. 26938).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Adults inhabit coral heads. They remove ectoparasites on skin and fins, in the mouth and in the gill chambers of greater fish like groupers and others (Ref. 92840). Monogamous (Ref. 52884). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27115. Have been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420).
Ciclo vitale e comportamento di accoppiamento
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecondità | Larve
Monogamous mating is observed as both obigate and social (Ref. 52884).
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
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
Indice di diversità filogenetica (Fonte Biblio. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00813 (0.00448 - 0.01475), b=3.11 (2.96 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Livello trofico (Fonte Biblio. 69278) |
3.5 ±0.37 se; based on food items. |
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). 🛈 |
Categoria di prezzo (Ref. 80766) |
Very high.
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Nutrienti (Ref. 124155) |
Calcium = 126 [51, 330] mg/100g; Iron = 1.12 [0.49, 2.30] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [17.1, 20.9] %; Omega3 = 0.269 [0.107, 0.594] g/100g; Selenium = 12.4 [4.5, 29.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 83.9 [20.0, 337.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.71 [0.98, 2.85] mg/100g (wet weight); |