Taenioides cirratus (Blyth, 1860)
Bearded worm goby
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Taenioides cirratus
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Amblyopinae
Etymology: Taenioides: Latin, taenia = stripe + Greek, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Blyth.
Etymology: Taenioides: Latin, taenia = stripe + Greek, oides = similar to (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Blyth.
Taxonomic Remarks
Junior synonym Taenioides snyderi is a valid species for Japan accroding to Kurita & Yoshino, 2012 (Ref. 120685), Refs. 120675, 138887, 138888; pending modification.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 6 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical
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Indo-West Pacific: from East Africa to New Guinea; northward to Japan and Korean Peninsula (Ref 129193); southward to New Caledonia (Ref. 13246).
Size / Weight / Age
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 43 - 49; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 42 - 47.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Found in coastal waters, estuaries (Ref. 4833) and rivers (Ref. 2847). Mud-dweller presumed to occur in estuaries (Ref. 4343). Capable of living out of the water for considerable time by taking air into the bronchial chambers (Ref. 4833). Feeds on crustaceans and other invertebrates and probably small fishes (Ref. 12693). Not seen in markets (Ref. 12693).
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Main reference
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Maugé, L.A., 1986. Gobiidae. p. 358-388. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4343)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 21 March 2024
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00178 (0.00072 - 0.00439), b=2.98 (2.76 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.9 ±0.59 se; based on food items. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100). 🛈 |