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Etymology: Lesueurigobius: From Charles Alexandre Leueur, painter that travelled with the scientific expeditons of Nicolas Baudin (1880-1804) in the ships "Géographe" and "Naturaliste" (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Risso.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range ? - 337 m (Ref. 56504). Subtropical; 46°N - 20°N, 19°W - 36°E
Eastern Atlantic: Morocco and Canary Islands; Mediterranean.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 53342)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Distinguished by the following characteristics: nape naked and antero-dorsal longitudinal neuromast rows of the lateral line system distinct (Ref. 86376)
Found inshore (Ref. 4696). Up to depth of 230 m (Ref. 04696) but from 322-337 in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Miller, P.J., 1986. Gobiidae. p. 1019-1085. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4696)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Aquarium: commercial
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