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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Gnatholepis: Greek, gnathos = jaw + Greek,lepis = scale (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Commander Joseph Cheesman ‘Snake’ Thompson (1874–1943) was a US Navy medical officer (retired 1929) and amateur herpetologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Jordan.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / intervalo de profundidade / distribution range
Ecologia
marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 50 m (Ref. 5299), usually 1 - 36 m (Ref. 92171). Tropical; 43°N - 2°S
Atlantic: southern Florida, North Carolina, the Bahamas, Bermuda through to the Lesser Antilles in western Atlantic; also in the oceanic islands of Ascension, Madeira and St Helena, and Sao Tome Island, Cape Verde Islands and the Canary Islands in the eastern Atlantic.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 39517); 5.7 cm TL (female)
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 7; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 10 - 12; Espinhos anais: 1; Raios anais moles: 11. Distinguished by the following characteristics: moderately large Gnatholepis (up to 58 mm SL) with nape midline scales always cycloid and most of predorsal scales cycloid; body pale with 6-8 rows of staggered dark brown spots, mid-lateral spots may be largest; transverse black line on the upper part of the eye joining somewhat oblique to curved black line or bar crossing cheek and ending well behind end of jaw; third to fourth first dorsal fin spines longest, fin with square to rectangular appearance when extended; second dorsal and anal fin rays usually I,11; pectoral rays 16-18, usually 17; lateral scales 26-29, usually 27; 9-11 predorsal scales (usually 10), all cycloid (Ref. 92171).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Inhabits open sand, rock, and rubble areas. Often occurs with the bridled goby, Coryphopterus glaucofraenum. Feeds on organisms and organic material by taking sand into its mouth and expelling it through the gill openings, filtering out its food in the process (Ref. 26938).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Ameaça para o homem
Harmless
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais; Aquário: Espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 23.5 - 28, mean 26.5 °C (based on 290 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00871 (0.00461 - 0.01646), b=3.19 (3.03 - 3.35), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 2.3 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 145 [76, 299] mg/100g; Iron = 0.966 [0.480, 1.800] mg/100g; Protein = 18 [16, 20] %; Omega3 = 0.145 [0.067, 0.263] g/100g; Selenium = 27 [14, 56] μg/100g; VitaminA = 110 [28, 389] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.52 [1.66, 3.76] mg/100g (wet weight);
