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Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
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Distribution
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
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Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp.
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Physical Description
Morphology
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
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Size
Max. size
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Lieske, E. and R. Myers 1994 Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. (Ref. 9710)
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Diagnostic Description
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Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602)
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
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Myers, R.F. 1999 Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p. (Ref. 37816)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=37816&speccode=4307
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 4 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 8
Temperature range (°C): 27.922 - 28.749
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.026 - 1.161
Salinity (PPS): 32.279 - 34.791
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.484 - 4.627
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.208 - 0.327
Silicate (umol/l): 1.657 - 4.452
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 1 - 8
Temperature range (°C): 27.922 - 28.749
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.026 - 1.161
Salinity (PPS): 32.279 - 34.791
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.484 - 4.627
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.208 - 0.327
Silicate (umol/l): 1.657 - 4.452
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Recorded at 16 meters.
Habitat: reef-associated.
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Conservation
Threats
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
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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.
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Wikipedia
Flagfin Prawn Goby
Mahidolia mystacina, the Flagfin Prawn Goby, is a species of fish in the Gobiidae family.[1][2]
Description
Mahidol mystacina,the Flagfin Prawn Goby or the Flagfin Shrimp Goby or Mahidol Smiling Goby fins have both rays and spines. The dorsal fin has 7 spines and 10 soft rays. The anal fin has a single spine and 9 soft rays. Its head has blue or brown spots, while its body has 5-6 dark irregular crossbars.[3] Males have an elongate first dorsal fin and elongate jaws.[4]
Mahidol mystacina (Mahidol Smiling Goby) reaches 8 centimeters (3.1 in) in length, unsexed;[5]
It uses the burrow of a mottled brown alpheid shrimp with two or more short white saddles or spots.[6]
Range and habitat
This fish inhabits reefs in brackish and marine conditions, and silty coastal bays and estuaries.[5][7] and freshwater tidal zone habitats[8] It roams coastal sand and mud habitats from shallow estuaries to moderate depths on slopes.[6]
Mahidol mystacina (Mahidol Smiling Goby) was discovered in 1932 in Laemsing, Chantaburi. This goby also has a notable history, and name point to an immediate connection with Mahidol university. Mahidol mystacina (Mahidol Smiling Goby) was first recorded by Dr. Huge McCormick Smith, who gave it the scientific name Mahidol mystacina in acknowledgement of Admiral of the Fleet H.R.H. Prince Mahidol of Songkla.[9]
It prefers depths of 5–20 meters (16–66 ft),[4] in tropical waters, from 32°N to 20°S.
Specifically, it has been sighted on the muddy bottom at the base of the reef at Toguan Bay, Guam and from East Africa south to Delagoa Bay, Mozambique.[3] and east to the Society Islands, north to southern Japan (?), south to northern Australia and Samoa.
Footnotes
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Mahidolia mystacina" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ Myers, R.F. (1991). Micronesian reef fishes.
- ^ a b Hoese, D.F. (1986). "Gobiidae". In Smith, M.M.; Heemstra, P.C. Smiths' sea fishes. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 774–807.
- ^ a b Myers, R.F. (1999). Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, (3 ed.).
- ^ a b Lieske, E.; Myers, R. (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Harper Collins.
- ^ a b Kuiter, R.H.; Tonozuka, T. (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Australia: Zoonetics. pp. 623–893.
- ^ Maugé, L.A. (1986). "Gobiidae". Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA) 2. SNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. pp. 358–388.
- ^ Rainboth, W.J. (1996). Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. Rome: FAO.
- ^ Sopikul, Suphakrit (2010). Spectrum (The International Newsletter of Mahidol University). Thailand. pp. 9 (Innovation–Research ). Text " Number 2 " ignored (help); Unknown parameter
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