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Summary for Aphia minuta Larvae
Transparent goby

Aphia  minuta  (Risso, 1810)
Family:	Gobiidae (Gobies)
Order:	Perciformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Transparent goby
Distribution:	Atlantic Ocean: Trondheim to Morocco. Also known from the Mediterranean including Black Sea and the Azov Sea (Ref. 57814).
Adult biology:	A neotenic, pelagic species inhabiting inshore and estuarine waters, over sand, mud and eel-grass (Ref. 4343). Feed on zooplankton, especially copepods, cirripede larvae and mysids (Ref. 4343). Spawn in summer in empty bivalve shells (Ref. 35388). Probably migrate to deeper water to spawn during summer (Ref. 57814). Adults die after breeding (Ref. 4696). Eggs are pear-shaped (Ref. 4696).
Diagnosis:	At the 7 mm long larva the pectoral fins are present as minute flaps. Behind the anal fin are about 5 ventral melanophores. Caudal fin with melanophores. Position of the swimbladder well back in the body. See also LARVAE table.
Climate Zone:	subtropical; 13 - 16°C; 65°N - 31°N
Main Ref:	Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37)
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	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Froese, Rainer

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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