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Etymology: Hetereleotris: Greek, heteros = other + The name of a Nile fish, eleotris (Ref. 45335); semisquamata: Name from Latin ‘semi’ for half, and ‘squamata’ for scaly, referring to the unique squamation characterized in wedge-shaped pattern and retaining dorsal half of anterior body and entirely belly naked..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated. Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea, southern Egypt.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.3 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VI + I,11; A I,10; pectoral-fin rays 16, all rays branched; pelvic-fin rays I,5, fin separated and no frenum, fifth ray unbranched; head length 34.9% of standard length (SL); anterior nostril with a long nasal tube without process from the rim, posterior nostril tube slightly shorter than anterior nasal tube, 0.9 of anterior tube; eye without tentacle above it; posterior angle of jaws ending posteriorly to below anterior edge of the eye; without opercular spine; mental frenum absent; pelvic fin length 23.3% of SL, pelvic fin is shorter than pectoral fin; scales cycloid, along lateral midline tapering from caudal-fin base towards pectoral fin where nearly reaching its base; head canals absent; suborbital rows of papillae with four transverse rows; two distinct preorbital rows s present from posterior nostril to above upper lip; row 3 is short, extending from lower edge of eye ending near row d, row 4 long, curving at eye extending below of level of row d, row b longitudinal, short, close to middle of transverse row 4 and slightly behind vertical at posterior edge of eye, row d discontinuous; with anterior dorsal rows of sensory papillae o and m. Colouration: head and body whitish; with brown line from eye to end of upper lip, dark brown band over eye crossing interorbital area and continuing obliquely from eye to corner of opercle; with a broad dark brown band below first dorsal fin continuing into fin, and vertical dark brown band on caudal-fin base (Ref. 121824).
Known only from the holotype which was collected from reef flat of a seaward reef (Ref. 121824).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Kovačić, M., S.V. Bogorodsky and A.O. Mal, 2019. Two new species of Hetereleotris (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from the Red Sea. Zootaxa 4608(3):501-516. (Ref. 121824)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
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=0.00708 (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).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.0 ±0.3 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).
