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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Fusigobius: Latin, fusus = spindle + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Hoese & Obika.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range 3 - 30 m (Ref. 90102), usually 5 - 25 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 23°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115)

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Western Pacific: Japan to Australia. Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5261)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. Males have a taller, more heavily pigmented first dorsal fin; characterized by translucent grey body color; red-brown iris; side of body with tiny brown spots; first two membranes of first dorsal fin with black tip and large brown blotch below; pelvic fins united only at bases; absence of pelvic frenum; rounded caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 23-25; mainly ctenoid scales except cycloid on breast, base of pectoral fin and side of nape to above rear margin of preopercle; scales absent on operculum; median predorsal scales absent; opening of gill extending to level slightly anterior to posterior edge of preopercle; depth of body 4.7-5.5 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Lives on patches of fine sand near coral rock or rubble of lagoon reefs (Ref. 37816, 48637).

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Randall, J.E., 1995. Fusigobius Whitley, a junior synonym of the gobiid fish genus Coryphopterus gill. Bull. Mar. Sci. 56(3):795-798. (Ref. 10930)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 27 August 2020

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.7 - 28.9, mean 27.7 °C (based on 470 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00477 - 0.02194), b=3.02 (2.84 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±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).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 196 [99, 442] mg/100g; Iron = 1.07 [0.53, 2.02] mg/100g; Protein = 18.3 [16.3, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.165 [0.071, 0.320] g/100g; Selenium = 22.5 [10.8, 48.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 151 [42, 512] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.63 [1.68, 3.97] mg/100g (wet weight);

Fusigobius signipinnis Hoese & Obika, 1988