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Gastrocyathus gracilis Briggs, 1955

Slender clingfish
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> Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) > Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Haplocylicinae
Etymology: Gastrocyathus: Greek, gaster = stomach + Greek, kyathos, -ou = hollow of the hand (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Briggs.

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

marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 7 m (Ref. 9003). Temperate

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Southwest Pacific: endemic to New Zealand.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.5 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 9003); Età massima riportata: 4 anni (Ref. 9003)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 5 - 6; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 5 - 7. Uniform red brown to yellowish with variable narrow bands along the head, level with the eye on the dorsal surface of the body, often breaking up into spots on the sides. Fins transparent. Distinguished from other clingfishes by its small size with a slender body tapering behind the head and the pointed fleshy tip on the upper jaw that overhangs the lower jaw.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found amongst weed at low tide, and on brown algae in the subtidal zone. Appears to be restricted to algal species with strap-like fronds. Feeds mainly on harpacticoid copepods.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Collaboratori

Paulin, C. and C. Roberts, 1992. The rockpool fishes of New Zealand (Te ika aaria o Aotearoa). Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa Tongarewa). 177 p. (Ref. 9003)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.9 - 17.8, mean 15.9 °C (based on 67 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00398 (0.00190 - 0.00835), b=3.13 (2.94 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.00 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (tmax=4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).