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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Luciogobius: Latin, lucius = pike + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); fonticola: From a Latin noun 'fonticola', meaning dweller of fountain, in reference to the habitat of this species which is found in springwater gushing from the bottom of river..

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Brackish; demersal. Subtropical

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Northwest Pacific: Abe and Oi River Systems entering Suruga Bay, on the Pacific coast of Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86963); 3.7 cm SL (female)

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9; Vertebrae: 30 - 31. Diagnosed from all other species of Luciogobius by having the following combination of characters: eye small and degenerated, embedded beneath skin, obscured after fixation; body naked, without scales; dermal ridge on cheek lacking barbels; second dorsal-fin origin slightly anterior ro anal fin; pelvic fin present; no free soft rays on upper and lower ends of pectoral fin; second dorsal-fin rays modally I,8; anal-fin rays modally I,8; branched caudal-fin rays modally 8+7; vertebrae modally 15=16=31; interorbit region flat; upper jaw length 10.5% in SL; 39.2% in head length; predorsal length 261.2% head length; preanal length 267.9% in head length; caudal peduncle depth 7.3% in SL (Ref. 86963).

Found in the river mouth on a gravel substrate composed of sand and pebbles, where freshwater springs flow from gaps between the pebbles (Ref. 86963).

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Kanagawa, N., T. Itai and H. Senou, 2011. Two new species of freshwater gobies of the genus Luciogobius (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Japan. Bull. Kanagawa Prefect. Mus. (Nat. Sci.) 40:67-74. (Ref. 86963)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 23 July 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00442 - 0.02163), b=3.05 (2.86 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 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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