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Nemateleotris decora Randall & Allen, 1973

Elegant firefish
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Also Ref. 121724.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Myers, R.F., 1991
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Microdesmidae (Wormfishes) > Ptereleotrinae
Etymology: Nemateleotris: Name from the combination of the Greek 'nemat' meaning thread, and the eleotrid genus Eleotris.;  decora: From the latin word meaning elegant and beautiful..
  More on authors: Randall & Allen.

Issue
The Indian Ocean and Red Sea population was previously regarded as a separate species N. exquisita (Ref. 128599).

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

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 25 - 100 m (Ref. 128797), usually 25 - 70 m (Ref. 27115).   Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115); 30°N - 23°S, 30°E - 172°W

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Indo-Pacific: Mauritius to Samoa, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 9710)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 27 - 32; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 28 - 31.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Often occurs on deep outer coastal to outer reef drops-offs subject to moderate to strong currents (Refs. 48637, 95112). Found over hard, open bottoms at the bases of reefs and over sand and rubble patches (Refs. 1602, 95112). Often in pairs (Refs. 1602, 95112). Monogamous (Ref. 52884). Feeds on zooplankton, especially copepods and crustacean larvae. Darts into a hole when alarmed (Ref. 1602). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27115.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva

Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Randall, John E. | Colaboradores

Tea, Y.-K. and H.K. Larson, 2023. Synopsis of the ptereleotrine goby genus Nemateleotris, with description of a new species from the western and central Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71:248-266. (Ref. 128599)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 March 2015

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 23.4 - 28.5, mean 26.9 (based on 225 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.19 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.