Elacatinus oceanops, Neon goby : aquarium

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Elacatinus oceanops Jordan, 1904

Neon goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elacatinus: Greek, elakatines = fusiform fishes preserved in salt (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Jordan.

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

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 45 m (Ref. 9710), usually 1 - 40 m (Ref. 27115). Subtropical; 21°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 28°N - 16°N, 98°W - 61°W

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Western Central Atlantic: southern Florida to Texas (USA) southward to Belize.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9 - 12. Characterized by a conspicuous coloration: dark blue horizontal band on an almost light body (Ref. 92840). Pale stripe in front of each eye, not reaching tip of snout (Ref. 26938).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits coral heads. Removes ectoparasites on skin and fins, in the mouth and in the gill chambers of greater fish like groupers and others (Ref. 92840). Monogamous (Ref. 52884). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27115. Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35420).

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

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 March 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.5 - 28, mean 26.7 °C (based on 184 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00436 - 0.01448), b=3.11 (2.95 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
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).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 126 [51, 330] mg/100g; Iron = 1.12 [0.49, 2.30] mg/100g; Protein = 19.1 [17.1, 20.9] %; Omega3 = 0.269 [0.107, 0.594] g/100g; Selenium = 12.4 [4.5, 29.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 83.9 [20.0, 337.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.71 [0.98, 2.85] mg/100g (wet weight);