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Common names: Bia
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Jolo, Jolo Island, Sulu Province, BSMP 3575 (destroyed, holotype of Macgregorella moroana Seale, 1910) (Ref. 280, 50838) Specimens were collected from Kiga and Calbiga-a creeks, Leyte in 1993 (Ref. 7223). Also Ref. 1602.
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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: Kottelat, M., 1993
National Database:

Classification / Names

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

Hasselt's flap-headed goby, Bia, Okinawahaze, ... more

Main reference

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

Max length : 7.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7050)

Environment

Marine; freshwater; brackish; reef-associated; amphidromous (Ref. 46888); depth range 1 - 15 m (Ref. 90102)

Climate / Range

Tropical, preferred ?; 28°N - 35°S

Distribution

West Pacific.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 8. Characterized by mottled brown with dark stripe from snout, through eye to upper opercle; dark brown bars of variable width at level of nape, posterior part of first dorsal fin, anterior part of second dorsal fin, posterior half of second dorsal fin and across caudal peduncle; upper edge of caudal fin with intense black spot; completely united pelvic fins with well-developed frenum; pointed caudal fin; longitudinal scale series 40-45; cycloid scales on nape, cheek, opercle, base of pectoral fin, breast and belly, posterior scales ctenoid; predorsal scales 20-22; head with prominent papillae ridge; depth of body 5.4-6.0 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Found in tide pools and lagoons. Also occur in rubble, intertidal to a few meters depth (Ref. 48637).

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 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.1 ±0.4 se; Based on diet studies.

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

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Low vulnerability (15 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Very high

Callogobius hasseltii (Bleeker, 1851)