FB-68839 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68839 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Loricariidae Ancistrus Ancistrus maximus de Oliveira, Zuanon, Zawadzki & Py-Daniel, 2015 Baldhead siltgoby 2018-11-05 2018-11-05 Miller, P.J.0 The tokology of gobioid fishes. p. 119-153. In Fish Reproduction: Strategies and Tactics. London: Academic Press. 383p. (Ref. 85622) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann0 Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: <i>Amblygobius</i>) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 24:10-23. (Ref. 114936) FB-GeneralDescr-68848 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-12 00:00:00 2018-11-12 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68848 Occurs on silt-mud substratum in highly sheltered bays and lagoons; loosely scattered, mainly solitary individuals were encountered at the type locality; invariably associated with muddy burrows where they retreat when closely approached by divers (Ref. 114936). Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2016 Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: <i>Amblygobius</i>) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 24:10-23. (Ref. 114936) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68848 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-12 00:00:00 2018-11-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68848 This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VI + I,14-15; A I,15-16; caudal fin is strongly lanceolate, and is longer than head length; longitudinal scales 80-86; transverse scales 24-26; body scales entirely cycloid; scaleless on head, including side of nape and upper opercle; when alive grayish-brown with 2 orange-brown stripes on head and body, short upper stripe, ending before soft dorsal fin, the lower stripe horizontally ovate, orange-brown spot on opercle, continuing as a pale body stripe from upper pectoral-fin base to middle of caudal-fin base; pectoral-fin base pale with small, rectangular dark orange-brown spot across middle portion; series of 8-11 small black spots or saddles on upper back (Ref. 114936). Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2016 Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: <i>Amblygobius</i>) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 24:10-23. (Ref. 114936) FB-Morphology-68848 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-12 00:00:00 2018-11-12 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68848 Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 1415; Analspines: 1516; Vertebrae: 26 Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2016 Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: <i>Amblygobius</i>) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 24:10-23. (Ref. 114936) FB-Distribution-68848 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-12 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68848 Western Pacific: Philippines; but most likely to be widely distributed in the East Indian region and western Pacific. Captured photograph from Chuuk in Micronesia may be this species. Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2016 Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: <i>Amblygobius</i>) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 24:10-23. (Ref. 114936) FB-Size-68848 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-12 00:00:00 2018-11-12 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68848 3.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 114936)); 4.8 cm SL (female) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2016 Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: <i>Amblygobius</i>) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 24:10-23. (Ref. 114936) 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/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-68848 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-11-12 00:00:00 2018-11-12 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68848 reef-associated; marine; depth range 10 - 20 m (Ref. 114936) Allen, G.R. and M.V. Erdmann 2016 Descriptions of two new gobies (Gobiidae: <i>Amblygobius</i>) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 24:10-23. (Ref. 114936)