FB-60785 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60785 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Cobitidae Cobitis Cobitis levantina Krupp & Moubayed, 1992 Galathea sand dart 2003-07-30 2024-06-21 Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.)0 Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of March 2003. Database dump. Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in March 2003. (Ref. 46206) Larson, H.K.0 Kraemeriidae. Sandgobies (sand darts). p. 3604. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 48316) Bogutskaya, N.G.0 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann0 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-60792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-07-30 00:00:00 2017-02-13 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=60792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Members of this family burrow in shallow marine to estuarine areas with fine coral sand or muddy sand bottoms (Ref. 48316). Of no commercial interest but may be taken incidentally (Ref. 48316). Larson, H.K. 2001 Kraemeriidae. Sandgobies (sand darts). p. 3604. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 48316) FB-DiagnosticDescr-60792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Roxanne Rei Valdestamon 2013-04-01 00:00:00 2013-04-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Description: Characterized by translucent whitish color with scattered melanophores on top of head; broadly separated spinous and soft portions of dorsal rays, fully connected by membrane; broader gap between fifth and sixth dorsal spines compared to gap between previous spines; pectoral rays all branched except uppermost and lowermost; pelvic fins separated to base with branched rays; enlarged and protruding upper lip; strongly scalloped preopercle margins, lip folds and gill cover; depth of body 7.0-9.1 in SL; head length 3.2-4.4 in SL; broad interorbital space, at least twice eye diameter (Ref. 90102). Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) FB-Morphology-60792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Roxanne Rei Valdestamon 2013-04-01 00:00:00 2013-04-01 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 13 Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) FB-Distribution-60792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-07-30 00:00:00 2025-04-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Western Central Pacific. Larson, H.K. 2001 Kraemeriidae. Sandgobies (sand darts). p. 3604. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles, sea turtles, sea snakes and marine mammals. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 48316) FB-Size-60792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-07-30 00:00:00 2017-02-13 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=60792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat 4.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 90102)) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2012 Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth, Australia: Universitiy of Hawai'i Press, Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research. (Ref. 90102) 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-60792 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 2003-07-30 00:00:00 2017-02-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=60792 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 58018) Bogutskaya, N.G. 2007 Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes. Unpublished dbf file. (Ref. 58018)