FB-65363 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65363 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Tetraodontidae Canthigaster Canthigaster cyanospilota Randall, Williams & Rocha, 2008 Pygmy sunfish 2010-03-03 2013-07-19 Snelson Jr., F.F., T.J. Krabbenhoft and J.M. Quattro0 <i>Elassoma gilberti</i>, a new species of pygmy sunfish (Elassomatidae) from Florida and Georgia. Bulletin Florida Museum Natural History 48(4): 120-144. (Ref. 83676) Blumer, L.S.0 A bibliography and categorization of bony fishes exhibiting parental care. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 76:1-22. (Ref. 93243) Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-65372 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2010-03-09 18:46:10 2010-03-09 18:46:10 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65372 Elassoma gilberti is distinguished from its close relative E. okefenokee by possessing four pores in the preopercular (PO) canal on each side of the head and usually seven anal fin rays. Elassoma okefenokee has three PO pores and usually eight anal fin rays. Elassoma gilberti has slightly less deep body and slightly smaller dorsal and anal fins than E. okefenokee. Breeding females of E. gilberti often have blue dashes below and behind the eye, which are lacking in female E. okefenokee. Otherwise, the two species are almost identical or broadly overlapping in meristic, morphometric, and color features. The distinction of the two species is supported by molecular data. Eight fixed differences (of 553 bp assayed) at the mitochondrial 16S rRNA locus and 12 fixed differences (of 583 bp assayed) found at the nuclear S7 locus differentiated the two species. Phylogenetic analyses using these molecular characters supported monophyletic clades that contained haplotypes and alleles found uniquely in E. gilberti and E. okefenokee, respectively. Snelson Jr., F.F., T.J. Krabbenhoft and J.M. Quattro 2009 <i>Elassoma gilberti</i>, a new species of pygmy sunfish (Elassomatidae) from Florida and Georgia. Bulletin Florida Museum Natural History 48(4): 120-144. (Ref. 83676) FB-Distribution-65372 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2010-03-09 18:41:12 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65372 North America: USA, Florida (Ref. 83676). Snelson Jr., F.F., T.J. Krabbenhoft and J.M. Quattro 2009 <i>Elassoma gilberti</i>, a new species of pygmy sunfish (Elassomatidae) from Florida and Georgia. Bulletin Florida Museum Natural History 48(4): 120-144. (Ref. 83676) FB-Size-65372 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2010-03-05 23:55:54 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65372 2.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 83676)) Snelson Jr., F.F., T.J. Krabbenhoft and J.M. Quattro 2009 <i>Elassoma gilberti</i>, a new species of pygmy sunfish (Elassomatidae) from Florida and Georgia. Bulletin Florida Museum Natural History 48(4): 120-144. (Ref. 83676) 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/ 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-65372 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Frédéric Busson 2010-03-05 23:55:54 2024-03-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=65372 pelagic; freshwater