Philippines country information

Common names: Bia
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Negros, off South Sea Resort Hotel, Dumaguete City, BPBM 27854 (holotype, 3.72 cm SL). Also Ref. 397, 8631.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Werner, T.B. and G.R. Allen, 2000
National Database:

Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
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Common names from other countries

Black-rayed shrimp-goby, Black-rayed shrimpgoby, Viiriraputokko, ... more

Main reference

Hoese, D.F. and J.E. Randall. 1982. (Ref. 397)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 6.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated, usually 15 - 25 m (Ref. 27115)

Climate / Range

Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 27115), preferred ?; 15°N -

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, the Philippines, and Bali, Indonesia.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 11; Vertebrae: 26. Bright yellow from top of head to chin including most of iris; 2nd dorsal fin and caudal fin translucent yellow, both with diffuse light blue submarginal band and 4-5 rows of elliptical dark-edged blue spots; anal and pointed pectoral fins with yellowish rays. Naked thorax and pectoral base. Head pores absent. Dark head band ending on lower margin of preoperculum. Median predorsal region naked. Eye and mouth large. Angle of jaws 25 degrees. Longitudinal scale series 84, transverse 21. 1st 2 elongated spines and its membrane black.

Occurs in pairs and live symbiotically with Alpheus randalli. The pair hover above the burrow's entrance on dark sandy bottoms. Inhabits deep coastal slopes and sand flats, usually in depth over 10 meters (Ref. 48637). Also found in sand-rubble bottoms (Ref 90102).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5078 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.3 ±0.3 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (16 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Very high

Stonogobiops nematodes Hoese & Randall, 1982