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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elacatinus: Greek, elakatines = fusiform fishes preserved in salt (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Böhlke & Robins.

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

Marine; reef-associated, usually 1 - 30 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 23°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 27°N - 19°N

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Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas and Grand Cayman Island.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11. Whitish with two black stripes, one middorsal and the other lateral on head but passing to lower side on body, both ending in caudal fin; pale band separating two black stripes bright yellow on head, this band narrowing as it passes anteriorly, forming a V on top of snout with band of other side (Ref. 13442).

Found on live coral. Removes ectoparasites from other fishes. Monogamous (Ref. 52884). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35408).

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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. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 23 March 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01047 (0.00486 - 0.02255), b=3.03 (2.85 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±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).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 231 [114, 549] mg/100g ; Iron = 1.22 [0.60, 2.35] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.3 [16.3, 20.0] % ; Omega3 = 0.165 [0.069, 0.342] g/100g ; Selenium = 25.6 [11.5, 55.7] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 125 [34, 434] μg/100g ; Zinc = 2.9 [1.8, 4.4] mg/100g (wet weight);

Elacatinus genie (Böhlke & Robins, 1968)