FB-7220 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7220 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Gobiiformes Gobiidae Paragobiodon Paragobiodon xanthosoma (Bleeker, 1853) Smarag-dikkop Emerald coral goby Emerald goby Yellow coral goby Yellowgreen coralgoby Yellowskin goby Smaragditokko Akane-darumahaze Mano'o-ulutu'i Bia Iga pile matana Tapug 黃副葉鰕虎魚 黄副叶鰕虎鱼 黃身副短鰕虎 黄身副短鰕虎 Gobius xanthosoma Bleeker, 1853 Paragobiodon echinocephalus (non Rüppell, 1830) Paragobiodon xanthosomus (Bleeker, 1853) 1993-01-29 2015-06-08 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. (Ref. 280) Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559) Wass, R.C.0 An annotated checklist of the fishes of Samoa. Natl. Ocean. Atmos. 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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 …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-GeneralDescr-7220 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=7220 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Found exclusively among branches of Seriatopora hystrix coral (Ref. 2334); usually in pairs. Monogamous (Ref. 52884). Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-DiagnosticDescr-7220 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-08 00:00:00 2013-12-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7220 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Green to greenish yellow in color, often with a dark caudal margin; adults with elongate flaps on top of head (Ref. 1602). Transverse scales 10. Mouth nearly vertical, lips thick. Head and nape naked to first dorsal fin origin. Gill opening located at same level as pectoral base. Ventral small; first dorsal and anal lower than 2nd dorsal; pectoral extends beyond anus; caudal rounded. Scales less firmly attached than other congeneric species (Ref. 43541).; characterized further by having longitudinal scale series 22-24; ctenoid scales except head, nape, prepectoral region, breast and midventral portion of abdomen which is scaleless; head and nape with numerous bristle-like cirri; complete pelvic fin frenum and basal membrane; depth of body at level of pelvic fins 2.6-3.1 in SL (Ref. 90102). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Morphology-7220 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-08 00:00:00 2013-12-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7220 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 10; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 8 - 9 Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-Distribution-7220 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7220 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Indo-Pacific. Larson, H.K. and E.O. Murdy 2001 Gobiidae. Gobies. p. 3578-3603. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 42915) FB-Uses-7220 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7220 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. FB-LifeCycle-7220 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=7220&StockCode=7366 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Monogamous mating is observed as both obligate and social (Ref. 52884). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-Size-7220 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7220 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology 4.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2798)) Hoese, D.F. 1986 Gobiidae. p. 774-807. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 2798) 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#Distribution 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-7220 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-01-29 00:00:00 2025-11-20 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=7220 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses reef-associated; non-migratory (Ref. 52884); marine; depth range ? - 70 m (Ref. 86942) Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) 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)