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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Schindleriidae (Infantfishes)
Etymology: Schindleria:Named for ichthyologist Otto Schindler, 1906-1959 (Prof. Dr. Konrad Schindler, pers. comm Dec. 2017); nigropunctata:Name from Lating 'niger' meaning black, and 'punctatus' for spotted; referring to the black melanophores on the body. Eponymy: Otto Schindler (1906–1959) was an ichthyologist at Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany, where he was the first post-war Curator of Ichthyology (1949). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Egypt (expected to have a broader distribution range).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116797)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsalspines (total): 0; Dorsalsoft rays (total): 17; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 12; Vertebrae: 41 - 42. This relatively high-bodied, pigmented species is distinguished by the following characters: body depth at pectoral-fin origin 5-6% of SL, at anal-fin origin 9% SL; predorsal length 53-67% of SL, preanal length 54-67% of SL; dorsal-fin rays 13, anal-fin rays 11 or 12; first dorsal-fin ray at myomere 24, first anal-fin ray below second dorsal-fin ray; myomeres 20 + 21 or 22 = 41 or 42; premaxillae and dentaries with small teeth; gas bladder posteriorly located at 47-49% of SL; males with rod-like, flexible urogenital papilla without lobes, projections or accessory papillae, with the distal half narrow, pointed and usually posteriorly directed (Ref. 116797). Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Occurs in shallow fringing reef lagoon at night (Ref. 116797)..
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Fricke, R. and M. Abu-El-Regal, 2017. Schindleria nigropunctata, a new species of paedomorphic gobioid fish from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Schindleriidae). Marine Biodiversity. (Ref. 116797)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
