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Common names: Barber goby, Neon goby
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Feitoza, B.M., R.S. Rosa and L.A. Rocha, 2005
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Ranges from Ceará (Ref. 57756) to Porto Belo, Santa Catarina (Ref. 27343). Museum: Pedra do Navio, Ilha Ancieta, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, MZUSP 50859 (holotype, 3.19 cm SL, male); UFPB 3464. Arquipélago dos Alcatrazes, Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo, MZUSP 44611. Parati, Rio de Janeiro, MZUSP 46164. Porto Belo, Santa Catarina, MZUSP 49139. Ilha do Papagaio, Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, MZUSP 50066. Saco do Paia, Ilha da Vitoria, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, UFPB 3465 (Ref. 27343). Traded as an aquarium fish at Fortaleza, Ceará where it is often misidentified as Gobiosoma evelynae by untrained wholesalers (Ref. 49392).
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Main Ref: Sazima, I., R.L. Moura and R.S. Rosa, 1996
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Common names from other countries

菲格罗霓虹鰕虎鱼, 菲格羅霓虹鰕虎魚, Neon goby, ... more

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> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elacatinus: Greek, elakatines = fusiform fishes preserved in salt (Ref. 45335); figaro: From the cleaning habits of this goby. Noun in apposition..

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

marien rifbewoner; diepte 3 - 20 m (Ref. 27343). Tropical; 7°S - 28°S

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Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 27343); 2.5 cm SL (female)

Occurs over coral and rocky bottoms on the mainland coast and at or off coastal islands; solitary or in groups of up to 6 individuals on coral heads, among crustose algae and encrusting sponges, or near sea urchins, seeking protection among the spines. Cleans other fishes, e.g. the blenniid Ophioblennius atlanticus, pomacentrid Abudefduf saxatilis, and the serranid Mytoperca rubra.

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Sazima, I., R.L. Moura and R.S. Rosa, 1996. Elacatinus figaro sp. n. (Perciformes: Gobiidae), a new cleaner goby from the coast of Brazil. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 2(3):33-52. (Ref. 27343)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)

Kwetsbaar, zie IUCN Rode Lijst (VU) (A2bcd); Date assessed: 06 April 2022

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

Harmless

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Visserij: commercieel; Aquarium: Commercieel

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.6 - 27.3, mean 25.9 (based on 116 cells).

Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00333 - 0.01504), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trofisch niveau (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Weerstandsvermogen (Ref. 120179): Hoog, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd minder dan 15 maanden (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Prijsklasse (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Elacatinus figaro Sazima, Moura & Rosa, 1997