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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Opua: A harbour in N. Zealand; in maorí; o = the place of + Pua = flower. It also exists the Hawaiian word opua = the house that catches the rain to substain our bodies; a poetic name for "clouds".
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
seewasser riff-verbunden; tiefenbereich 1 - 169 m (Ref. 58302). Tropical; 28°N - 4°N
Pacific Ocean: Marshall Islands and Hawaiian Islands.
Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.4 cm SL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 28618)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 6 - 7; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 8; Afterflossenstacheln: 1; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 9. SL to about 40 mm.
Lives in shallow protected waters (Ref. 1602). Benthic on silty sand or mud (Ref. 58302).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Fortpflanzung | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larven
Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 28 - 28.9, mean 28.7 °C (based on 14 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01023 (0.00477 - 0.02194), b=3.02 (2.84 - 3.20), 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
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref.
120179): hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
