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Nesogobius pulchellus (Castelnau, 1872)

Australian sailfin goby
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Common names: Castelnau's goby, Sailfin goby
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Widespread from Sydney to Perth, including Tasmania (Ref. 9002). Southern most specimens grow larger, usually with higher meristic values (Ref. 9002). Also from New South Wales and Western Australia (Ref. 075154).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kuiter, R.H., 1993
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Castelnau's goby, Sailfin goby, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Nesogobius: Greek,nessa = island + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Castelnau.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 20 m (Ref. 9002).   Subtropical

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Indo-West Pacific: widespread in the southern Australia, from Sydney, New South Wales to Perth, Western Australia, including Tasmania.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9002); common length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9002)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Commonly found in seagrass areas, but also on rocky reefs to 20 m (Ref. 9002).

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Kuiter, R.H., 1993. Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu, Hawaii. 437 p. (Ref. 9002)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.6 - 21.8, mean 17.2 (based on 338 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00349 - 0.02862), b=3.09 (2.85 - 3.34), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).