FB-50833 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50833 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Atheriniformes Atherinopsidae Odontesthes Odontesthes retropinnis (de Buen, 1953) Suttia scogliu Stumpsnudet dobbeltsuger Wels-Schildfisch Blunt-snouted clingfish Gouanie Lépadogastre jaune Pei Sant Peire Pei Sant-Peire Priljepnjak somčić Drafinetto Pesce ranin Porcheto Porchetto Ranin Sangazzuga Succiascoglio minore Taccasasso minore Zazzamita d'impiccica Zzugasangu Priljepnjak somčić Ördek balığı Chafaroccas Peix porc 威氏軟喉盤魚 威氏软喉盘鱼 Gouania wildenowi (Risso, 1810) Lepadogaster willdenowi Risso, 1810 Leptopterygius coccoi Troschel, 1860 Rupisuga nicensis Swainson, 1839 1999-01-21 2018-02-15 Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 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McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-50846 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-01-26 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50846 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Inhabits shallow waters (Ref. 10954). It reaches highest abundances in pebble and boulder beaches of less than 0.5 m depth (24 individuals/m2 in Messina), but reported to be found down to 2 m of water depth. It was also observed to occur with Lepadogaster lepadogaster and that males build and guard nests under boulders during spawning season (Ref. 123696), Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller 2021 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of <i>Gouania</i> (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of <i>G. willdenowi</i> and <i>G. pigra</i>. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696) FB-DiagnosticDescr-50846 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-20 00:00:00 2021-05-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50846 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal head profile straight between nape above eye and upper lip tip; the posterior angle of jaws extends to between a vertical line drawn through the posterior edge of the anterior nostril and a vertical line drawn through the anterior edge of the eye; infraorbital invagination vertical to posterior part of the eye; posterior opercular edge w-shaped with 2 equally long tips; longitudinal infralateral and suborbital transversal rows of superficial neuromasts are placed in the well-defined deep groove; trunk cross-section behind pectoral fin base half oval with straight ventral side; body granules shallow and inconspicuous; vertical eye diameter 2.6-3.3% of SL; horizontal eye diameter 2.3–2.9% of SL; head length 24.3-28.8% of SL; pectoral-fin length 8.6-9.3% of SL; prepectoral distance 24.4-28.4% of SL; ventral adhesive disc length 17.1-19.3% of SL; caudal-fin length 13.5-15.5% of SL; moderate number of vertebrae for the genus 37-38; pharyngeal jaws with small ceratobranchial 5, having several small conical teeth; nasal bones club-shaped; star-like pigmentation around eyes, body colouration when alive dark with clear stripes visible in less pigmented specimens (Ref. 123696). Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller 2021 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of <i>Gouania</i> (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of <i>G. willdenowi</i> and <i>G. pigra</i>. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696) FB-Morphology-50846 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-05-20 00:00:00 2021-05-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50846 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Vertebrae: 37 - 38 Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller 2021 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of <i>Gouania</i> (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of <i>G. willdenowi</i> and <i>G. pigra</i>. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696) FB-Distribution-50846 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-01-26 00:00:00 2025-04-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50846 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Mediterranean Sea: restricted to the western Mediterranean basin with an easternmost record from Messina (Sicily). Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller 2021 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of <i>Gouania</i> (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of <i>G. willdenowi</i> and <i>G. pigra</i>. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696) FB-TrophicStrategy-50846 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Patricia Sorongon-Yap 2024-10-30 00:00:00 2024-10-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public willdenowi http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Found on infralittoral pebble beds (Ref. 132296). Kovačić, M. and P.J. Schembri 2019 Twelve new records of gobies and clingfishes (Pisces: Teleostei) significantly increase small benthic fish diversity of Maltese waters. Mediterranean Marine Science 20/2:287-296. (Ref. 132296) FB-Size-50846 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-01-26 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50846 4.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 137577)) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and … 2022 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-50846 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-01-26 00:00:00 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=50846 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; marine; depth range 0 - 2 m (Ref. 123696) Wagner, M., M. Kovačic and S. Koblmüller 2021 Unravelling the taxonomy of an interstitial fish radiation: Three new species of <i>Gouania</i> (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and redescriptions of <i>G. willdenowi</i> and <i>G. pigra</i>. J. Fish Biol. 98(1):64-88. (Ref. 123696)