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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Pseudogobius: Greek, pseudes = false + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); cinctus: Name from Latin 'cinctus' meaning belt or girdle, referring to the distinctive vertical dark bars or bands on the body..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 126575). Subtropical
Oceania: endemic to northern Australia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 126575)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 6 - 8. This moderate-sized species is distinguished by the following characters:D2 I,6-8; A I,6-8; pectoral rays 15-18; segmented caudal rays 16 in 9/7 pattern; lateral scales 24-28; transverse scale count 7-81/2; predorsal scales 7-8; opercle often with three rows of cycloid scales, 1-2 cycloid scales on cheek close behind eye; shoulder girdle has a smooth bony edge; tongue is short, its tip blunt or bluntly rounded; males with upper jaw teeth in outer row long, evenly sized and evenly spaced, fairly straight, slightly flattened with pointed tips; females with upper jaw teeth of small to medium-length (not as long as in males), compressed, slender, the teeth often close-set but may be slightly apart, its tips blunt or sharp. Colouration: scale margins on the upper three-quarters of body edged with brown; with 3-6 small brown blotches along mid-side of body with posteriormost blotch at hypural crease; the caudal fin with two distinct round or almost square dark brown spots, just above and below mid-lateral line (upper spot may coalesce with spot on hypural crease) (Ref. 126575).
Occurs in estuarine to freshwater, in tidal rivers, mangrove creeks and muddy tide-pools, with substrate of sandy mud, mud and mangrove roots and leaf litter. Usually co-occurs with P. aquilonius and other local Pseudogobius species except P. jeffi (Ref. 126575).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Larson, H.K. and M.P. Hammer, 2021. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Pseudogobius (Teleostei, Gobiidae, Tridentigerinae), with description of seven new species from Australia and South-east Asia. Zootaxa 4961(1):1-85. (Ref. 126575)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00338 - 0.01553), b=3.05 (2.87 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±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).
