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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Astrabe: Greek, astabe, -es = regular (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 2 m (Ref. 12703). Temperate, preferred ?
Northwest Pacific: Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12703); 3.5 cm SL (female)
Dorsal
spines
(total): 4;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 9-10;
Anal
spines: 1;
Anal
soft rays: 8 - 9;
Vertebrae: 30. This species is distinguished by the following characters: protrusion present on the upper posterior part of dermal fold along the upper margin of eye; longitudinal scales 51-54 (mean 52.7); transverse scales 10-14 (mean 11.7); predorsal scales absent; no scales on belly; scales do not extend to the first dorsal, second dorsal and anal fins; width of scaled area 44.0-66.7% (mean 57.7%) of body depth at origin of anal fin; a narrow white transverse band across base of pectoral fins whose width at median dorsal line is 4.0-8.0% (mean 6.2%) of SL; a white transverse band of similar width across anterior part of first dorsal fin extending to the ventral side of the body; when alive, white markings present on a dark brown ground colour (Ref. 12703).
Specimens found under stones of 5 to 30 in diameter (Ref. 12703).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Akihito, P. and K. Meguro, 1988. Two new species of goby of the genus Astrabe from Japan. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 34(4):409-420. (Ref. 12703)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.6250 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00306 - 0.01566), b=3.01 (2.82 - 3.20), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 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 (13 of 100) .