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Rhyacichthyidae (Loach gobies)
Etymology: Rhyacichthys: Greek, rhyax, rhyakos = stream + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 5 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical
Oceania: New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. )
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 12 - 15. Characterized by having 12+15 vertebrae; head, body and fins speckled and mottled with black with darker rows of spots and lines along body and fins (Ref. 92840).
Max. length (Christine Pöllabauer, pers. comm., 2001).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Séret, B., 1997. Les poissons d'eau douce de Nouvelle-Calédonie: implications biogéographiques de récentes découvertes. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 171:369-378. (Ref. 13235)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.8750 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.5 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (12 of 100).