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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Rhinogobius: Greek, rhinos = nose + Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); yangminshanensis: Named for its type locality, tributary of Tanshuei River basin originating from the main area of Yangminshan National Park.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic-neritic. Subtropical
Asia: Taiwan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127454)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 27. This species is distinguished from all its congeners by the following characters: D2 I,9; A I,8; pectoral fin rays modally 16; longitudinal scale series 28-30 (modally 29); predorsal scales 9-10 (modally 9); vertebral count 27; rear edge of mouth merely extending to the vertical of anterior margin of pupil in male. Colouration in males: lateral side of trunk of with 6-7 longitudinal rows of bright orange to orange red spots which general size about 1/2 of pupil diameter, the snout with 2 parallel brownish gray stripes, orange one as posterior stripes in male, the cheek and opercle with 24-35 orange spots, the branchiostegal membrane has many minute orange spots, pectoral fin with 2 rows (total 7-9 spots) of orange to red orange spots; caudal fin with distally orange zone with about 3 vertical rows of orange or orange red spots; first dorsal fin with broad orange band on distally 1/3 area; with a middle black spot in front of the third spine of first dorsal fin in both sexes (Ref. 127454).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Chen, I.-S., S.-C. Wang and K.-T. Shao, 2022. A new freshwater gobiid species of Rhinogobius Gill, 1859 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from northern Taiwan. Zootaxa 5189(1):29-44. (Ref. 127454)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00338 - 0.01553), b=3.05 (2.87 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±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).
