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Stenogobius keletaona Keith & Marquet, 2006 Keletaona's Goby |
| Family: | Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobionellinae | |||
| Max. size: | 8 cm SL (male/unsexed); 4.88 cm SL (female) | |||
| Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Oceania: Futuna Island. Endemic (Ref. 87775). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 11-11; Vertebrae: 26-26. Differs from other congeners by the following characters: broad oblique blackish bar extending from below eye to lower edge of preopercular margin; dorsal and anal fins almost always with 11 rays; pectoral fin always with 15 rays; jaw length sexually dimorphic; spines of first dorsal fin usually same height as second fin, spines with no filaments; species sexually dichromatic; lack of a short transverse row of sensory papillae in the lower part of the preopercular; scales in lateral series 48-52; breast scaled; important reddish longitudinal band on outer margin on first and second dorsal fins on males and females; second dorsal, caudal and anal fin length in male, preanal length in male, jaw length in female (Ref. 78217). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 13 September 2011 (D2) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||