FB-12677 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12677 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Microdesmidae Gunnellichthys Gunnellichthys curiosus Dawson, 1968 Black-spot worm goby Black-spot worm-goby Onespot wormfish Worm goby Kuroeri-ômewarasubo Mano'o-ui 鰓斑鳚鰕虎魚 鳃斑鳚鰕虎鱼 Gunnelichthys monostigma Smith, 1958 1995-01-23 2013-07-02 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559) Wass, R.C.0 An annotated checklist of the fishes of Samoa. Natl. Ocean. Atmos. Adminis. Tech. Rept., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Spec. Sci. Rept. Fish. (781). (Ref. 592) Myers, R.F.0 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene0 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Gumon_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Gumon_u0.jpg Locality: Marsa el Mukabeila, Sinai, Egypt. FB-pic-12678-23044 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-06-15 2000-06-28 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Gumon_u2.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Gumon_u2.jpg Locality: Marsa el Mukabeila, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt. FB-pic-12678-23045 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-06-15 2000-06-28 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Gumon_u3.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Gumon_u3.jpg FB-pic-12678-23046 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-06-15 2000-06-28 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Gumon_u4.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Gumon_u4.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-12678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1995-01-23 00:00:00 2013-07-02 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Inhabits coastal sand slopes, subject to strong currents (Ref. 48637). Found over open sandy areas, sometimes with sparse plant growth. Solitary. Feeds on small benthic and pelagic crustaceans (Ref. 1602). Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-DiagnosticDescr-12678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-07 00:00:00 2013-04-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Description: Characterized by generally pale greyish body color; presence of small black spot posteriorly on opercle; head with iridescent blue stripe mid-dorsally, and sometimes with yellow to orange lateral stripe; head without scales; origin of dorsal fin slightly anterior to level of upper end of gill opening; slightly rounded to rhomboid caudal fin; depth of body 10-13 in SL (Ref. 90102). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Morphology-12678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-07 00:00:00 2013-04-26 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 Dorsal spines (total): 21 - 22; Dorsal soft rays (total): 39 - 42; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 38 - 43 Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Distribution-12678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1995-01-23 00:00:00 2025-06-10 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Marquesan and Society islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef. Record from Mauritius (Ref. 9408) requires verification (Ref. 33390). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Uses-12678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1995-01-23 00:00:00 2013-07-02 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. FB-TrophicStrategy-12678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Drina Sta. Iglesia 2000-12-22 00:00:00 2005-06-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public monostigma http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Found over open sandy areas, sometimes with sparse plant growth. Reported to be solitary and feeds on small benthic and pelagic crustaceans (Ref. 2334). Reported by Strasburg (1967) to be common over sandy lagoon bottom in 6 - 20 feet where it hovers 6-12 inches above the substrate and when approached, it dives headfirst into narrow burrows in the sand. Stomach contents include amphipods, harpacticoid copepods, inshore pelagic copepods (Oithona and Acrocalanus), ostracods, shrimps, and crab fragments; thus, this species apparently forages on benthos and can also capture zooplankton (Ref. 48240). Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-Size-12678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1995-01-23 00:00:00 2013-07-02 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 15.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)) Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka 2001 Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893. (Ref. 48637) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-12678 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1995-01-23 00:00:00 2013-07-02 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=12678 reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 20 m (Ref. 9710), usually 6 - 20 m (Ref. 27115) Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710) Baensch, H.A. and H. Debelius 1997 SF457.1 .B3513 1994 Mergus Verlag GmbH, Postfach 86, 49302, Melle, Germany. 1216 p. 3rd edition. (Ref. 27115)