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Pinnichthys bilix (Hastings & Findley, 2013)

Thread-spined goby
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from southeastern Gulf of Mexico, off Cape Sable, southwestern Florida by a dredge at 68-m depth, in 17 or 18 February 1889 (Ref. 94726).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hastings, P.A. and L.T. Findley, 2013
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Pinnichthys: Name formed Latin 'pinna' (feminine; fin) and 'ichthys' (Latinized form of the Greek acronym ichthus; fish); referring to the high number of fin rays in the second dorsal fin and anal fin of all species in the genus.;  bilix: Name from Latin 'bilix' meaning - with a double thread; referring to the two elongated, threadlike dorsal-fin spines..

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 62 - 138 m (Ref. 94726).   Tropical

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Caribbean: Caribbean Sea and the southeasternmost Gulf of Mexico: northern edge of Little Bahama Bank; off Cape Sable, SW Florida; Tobago Island and NE Colombia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94726); 3.2 cm SL (female)

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Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11; Vertebrae: 27. This robust, large-eyed species is distinguished by the following characters: D2 I,11; A 11-12; pectoral-fin rays 19-20; body extensively scaled, with mid-lateral scales extending from just behind pectoral-fin axil to caudal-fin base; most scales are weakly ctenoid; cycloid scales on belly, in first row along dorsal- and anal-fin bases, and in anteriormost lateral row; well developed fifth pelvic-fin ray and is slightly greater in length than second pelvic-fin ray; relatively deep body; first and second dorsal-fin spines are greatly elongated, especially in females; first spine reaching posterior end of second dorsal-fin base in female holotype; first two anal-fin pterygiophores are inserted anterior to first haemal spine (Ref. 94726).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Hastings, P.A. and L.T. Findley, 2013. Chriolepis bilix, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from deep waters of western Atlantic. Zootaxa 3745(5):596-600. (Ref. 94726)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 09 January 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [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):  3.1   ±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).