Indo-Pacific tropical sand goby (Favonigobius reichei) fish species and information / pictures of Indo-Pacific tropical sand goby - Favonigobius reichei

Indo-Pacific tropical sand goby (Favonigobius reichei) fish species information

Scientific Name
Favonigobius reichei

Common Name
Indo-Pacific tropical sand goby

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Body with small spots; sides with 4-5 groups of black spots, last spot on caudal peduncle often paired without a vertical bar at caudal base; median fins spotted; paired fins pale (Ref. 2798). Large males with dusky 1st dorsal, anal and pelvic fins (Ref. 2798).

Classification

Classified By

Bleeker, 1853

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Perch-like fish (Perciformes)

Family

Gobies (Gobiidae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-West Pacific

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Philippines (Ref. 7050), north to Japan (Ref. 559), south to northern Australia (Ref. 33390).

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

Unknown m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 46888)

Trophic Level

3.43 s.e. 0.36 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

True

Occurs in Fresh Water

True

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

8.3 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5020 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (20 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

  Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

  Lower Risk: near threatened (LR/nt)