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Common names: Bia
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: httpss://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990
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Classification / Names

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

Orange spot goby, Yellow-speckled cave-goby, Red-spotted dwarfgoby, ... more

Main reference

Myers, R.F. 1991. (Ref. 1602)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 3.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)

Environment

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 8 - 35 m (Ref. 90102)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 30°N - 18°S

Distribution

Western Pacific: Ryukyu and Ogasawara Islands to Rotuma, south to Rowley Shoals in the eastern Indian Ocean and the Great Barrier Reef. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797).
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Has same general appearance as T. caesiura and T. naudei. Characterized by having greyish matrix with dense orange spotting on head and body; presence of faint spotting on fins; elongate second dorsal spine; fifth pelvic ray branched, 60-70% length of fourth ray; longitudinal scale series 26-27; predorsal scales absent; cheek and opercle without scales; depth of body 4.0-4.4 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Forms small loose groups (Ref. 90102). Inhabits clear coastal reefs, near sponges (Ref. 48637). Usually hovers upside-down in small caves in coral reefs.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
0

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

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Very high

Trimma okinawae (Aoyagi, 1949)