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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Elacatinus: Greek, elakatines = fusiform fishes preserved in salt (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr John ‘Jack’ Ernest Randall Jr. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Böhlke & Robins.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range
Ecología
marino asociado a arrecife, usually 1 - 50 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 22°C - 27°C (Ref. 27115)
Western Central Atlantic: Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles to Curaçao and Venezuela.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.6 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 13628)
Espinas dorsales (total) : 7; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 13; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 10 - 12. Head and body with two black stripes, one middorsal and one lateral, the two separated by a narrow bright yellow stripe which commences on upper part of eye; all three stripes continuing into caudal fin (Ref. 13442).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Occurs in groups near coral heads (Ref. 9710). Picks external parasites found on other fishes (Ref. 13628). Monogamous (Ref. 52884).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Monogamous mating is observed as both obigate and social (Ref. 52884).
Cervigón, F., 1994. Los peces marinos de Venezuela. Volume 3. Fundación Científica Los Roques, Caracas,Venezuela. 295 p. (Ref. 13628)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial; Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Referencia
123201): 25.4 - 28.2, mean 27.7 °C (based on 168 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 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).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 263 [114, 588] mg/100g; Iron = 1.15 [0.54, 2.33] mg/100g; Protein = 17.8 [15.8, 19.6] %; Omega3 = 0.103 [0.041, 0.232] g/100g; Selenium = 28.7 [11.4, 72.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 120 [29, 463] μg/100g; Zinc = 2.95 [1.79, 4.58] mg/100g (wet weight);