Elacatinus figaro, Barber goby : fisheries, aquarium

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Elacatinus figaro Sazima, Moura & Rosa, 1997

Barber goby
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> Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elacatinus: Greek, elakatines = fusiform fishes preserved in salt (Ref. 45335); figaro: From the cleaning habits of this goby. Noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Figaro is the eponymous: Barber of Seville (opera by Rossini) and of Mozart’s: The Marriage of Figaro. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino asociado a arrecife; rango de profundidad 3 - 20 m (Ref. 27343). Tropical; 7°S - 28°S

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Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27343); 2.5 cm SL (female)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs over coral and rocky bottoms on the mainland coast and at or off coastal islands; solitary or in groups of up to 6 individuals on coral heads, among crustose algae and encrusting sponges, or near sea urchins, seeking protection among the spines. Cleans other fishes, e.g. the blenniid Ophioblennius atlanticus, pomacentrid Abudefduf saxatilis, and the serranid Mytoperca rubra.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Sazima, I., R.L. Moura and R.S. Rosa, 1996. Elacatinus figaro sp. n. (Perciformes: Gobiidae), a new cleaner goby from the coast of Brazil. aqua, J. Ichthyol. Aquat. Biol. 2(3):33-52. (Ref. 27343)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2bcd); Date assessed: 06 April 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 22.6 - 27.3, mean 25.9 °C (based on 116 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00339 - 0.01546), b=3.10 (2.92 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 321 [137, 774] mg/100g; Iron = 1.25 [0.59, 2.62] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.7, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.102 [0.039, 0.238] g/100g; Selenium = 26.3 [9.3, 69.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 138 [32, 576] μg/100g; Zinc = 3.43 [2.02, 5.49] mg/100g (wet weight);