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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Gobiesociformes (Clingfishes) >
Gobiesocidae (Clingfishes and singleslits) > Gobiesocinae
Etymology: lombardii: Named for Michael Lombardi, who was part of the diving team; noun in apposition..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated. Tropical
Western Atlantic: Bahamas.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 1.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91048)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 7; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished from its congeners (and all other Bahamian gobiesocids) by the following characters: bright orangish-red coloration, yellow head, a prominent black oval patch on the caudal peduncle; pattern of papillae in disk region C; anteriorly, 2 distinct medial clusters, each comprising 8-9 closely arrayed papillae, and a single papilla anterior of each cluster, are present (vs. 2-5 papillae in each central cluster and 4-5 papillae arranged in a distinct crescent posterolaterally); posteriorly, papillae in disk region C are in a crescent pattern with a single additional papilla dorsal to its midpoint (vs. papillae in an inverted V-shaped pattern in D. nanus, D. altifrons, D. kremnobates; clumped in D. vittager); posterior margin of disk region B in the new species is strongly convex (vs. straight to weakly convex) with the rows of papillae arranged serially in a semi-circular pattern forming concentric crescents (vs. rows more or less straight); possess a total of 47 pectoral-fin rays (Ref. 91048).
Apparently closely associated with deep reefs, not straying far from the safety of a coral head (Ref. 91048).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Sparks, J.S. and D.F. Gruber, 2012. A new mesophotic clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Bahamas. Copeia 2012(2):251-256. (Ref. 91048)
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 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 2.9 ±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).
