FB-58207 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58207 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Malapteruridae Malapterurus Malapterurus shirensis Roberts, 2000 Rasp coral goby Rasp coralgoby Small-eyed goby 2001-07-17 2011-05-13 Harold, A.S. and R. Winterbottom0 Gobiodon brochus: a new species of gobiid fish (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the western South Pacific, with a description of its unique jaw morphology. Copeia 1999(1):49-57. (Ref. 36585) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution). Smithsonian Institution-Division of Fishes. (Ref. 38732) Anonymous0 Fish collection of the Royal Ontario Museum. Royal Ontario Museum. (Ref. 47438) Hardy, J.D. Jr. (comp.)0 Coral reef fish species. NOAANational Oceanographic Data Center. NODC Coral Reef Data and Information Management System. USA. 537 p. (Ref. 48497) Randall, J.E.0 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. 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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 …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-58214 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2001-07-18 00:00:00 2015-06-08 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=58214 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Found in association with Acropora loripes and Acropora elseyi; commonly in pairs (Ref. 36585); a coral-commensal species (Ref. 72446). Feeds on copepods, forams, and unidentifiable flocculent material (may represent in part the remains of coral tissue) (Ref. 36585). Harold, A.S. and R. Winterbottom 1999 Gobiodon brochus: a new species of gobiid fish (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the western South Pacific, with a description of its unique jaw morphology. Copeia 1999(1):49-57. (Ref. 36585) FB-DiagnosticDescr-58214 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-11-06 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58214 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Two oblique pigment bars on the head posterodorsal to the eye. Uniquely derived lower jaw, modified anteromedially into a dentigerous, fleshy projection and a row of elongate, transversely oriented papillae in the ventral portion of the cheek. Interopercular-isthmus groove nearly straight. Caudal fin rounded. Harold, A.S. and R. Winterbottom 1999 Gobiodon brochus: a new species of gobiid fish (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the western South Pacific, with a description of its unique jaw morphology. Copeia 1999(1):49-57. (Ref. 36585) FB-Morphology-58214 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-11-06 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58214 Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 12; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10; Vertebrae: 26 Harold, A.S. and R. Winterbottom 1999 Gobiodon brochus: a new species of gobiid fish (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the western South Pacific, with a description of its unique jaw morphology. Copeia 1999(1):49-57. (Ref. 36585) FB-Distribution-58214 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2001-07-18 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58214 Western Central Pacific: Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia and Tonga. Harold, A.S. and R. Winterbottom 1999 Gobiodon brochus: a new species of gobiid fish (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the western South Pacific, with a description of its unique jaw morphology. Copeia 1999(1):49-57. (Ref. 36585) FB-TrophicStrategy-58214 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2005-07-13 00:00:00 2007-09-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public brochus Found in association with Acropora loripes and Acropora elseyi; commonly in pairs. Feeds on copepods, forams, and unidentifiable flocculent material (may represent in part the remains of coral tissue) (Ref. 36585). FB-Size-58214 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2001-07-18 00:00:00 2015-06-08 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58214 2.6 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 36585)) Harold, A.S. and R. Winterbottom 1999 Gobiodon brochus: a new species of gobiid fish (Teleostei: Gobioidei) from the western South Pacific, with a description of its unique jaw morphology. Copeia 1999(1):49-57. (Ref. 36585) 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/ John E. Randall General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 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-58214 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Christine Marie V. Casal 2001-07-18 00:00:00 2015-06-08 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=58214 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription reef-associated; marine; depth range ? - 15 m (Ref. 86942) Fricke, R., M. Kulbicki and L. Wantiez 2011 Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4:341-463. (Ref. 86942)