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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Gladiogobius: Latin, gladius = sword + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); brevispinis: Named for its distinctive preopercle spine, the shortest for the genus..

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Brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 90102). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands, Hainan Island in the South China Sea, and Indonesia; distribution apparently widespread.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 79803)

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Characterized by pale grey body color with narrow brown stripes; sides of body with longitudinal rows of bluish white dots; lower side of body with row of five large rectangular brown blotches; irregular brown markings on back; white spots and streaks on head; without elongate or filamentous spines; rounded caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 24-26; head and nape without scales; body scales ctenoid except cycloid on abdomen, pectoral fin base and prepelvic region; median predorsal scales absent; opening of gill not reaching to above edge of preopercle; short cheek spine, 12-18% head length; depth of body 4.5-5.2 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Inhabits shoreline reefs and estuaries littered with dead coral blocks on sand, mud, or silt bottoms in 0-2 m (Ref. 90102).

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Shibukawa, K. and G.R. Allen, 2007. Review of the cheek-spine goby genus Gladiogobius (Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Gobiidae), with descriptions of two new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. 33(4):193-206. (Ref. 79803)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 March 2015

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00333 - 0.01504), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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