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Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
A neotenic, pelagic species inhabiting inshore and estuarine waters, over sand, mud and eel-grass (Ref. 4343). Feed on zooplankton, especially copepods, cirripede larvae and mysids (Ref. 4343). Spawn in summer in empty bivalve shells (Ref. 35388). Probably migrate to deeper water to spawn during summer (Ref. 57814). Adults die after breeding (Ref. 4696) which does not qualify as a manifestation of semelparity but abbreviate iteroparity according to a recent study (Ref. 81039). Eggs are pear-shaped (Ref. 4696).
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Maugé, L.A. 1986 Gobiidae. p. 358-388. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4343)
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Distribution
Baltic sea, Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone, Black Sea, British Isles, Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone, European waters (ERMS scope), Greek Exclusive Economic Zone, Grevelingen, Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Mediterranean Sea, Norwegian Exclusive Economic Zone, Oostende, Oosterschelde, Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone, Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone, Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone, United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone, Voordelta, Westerschelde, Wimereux, Zeeschelde
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Müller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=9269
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Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1
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Poll, M. (1945). Contribution à la connaissance de la faune ichtyologique du Bas-Escaut. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 21(11): 1-32
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1641
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Hostens, K. (2000). Spatial patterns and seasonality in the epibenthic communities of the Westerschelde (Southern Bight of the North Sea). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 80: 27-36
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1139
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Hostens, K.; Hamerlynck, O. (1994). The mobile epifauna of the soft bottoms in the subtidal Oosterschelde estuary: structure, function and impact of the storm-surge barrier. Hydrobiologia 282-283: 479-496
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Poll, M. (1943). Poissons marins intéressants ou nouveaux pour la faune de la Côte Belge. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 19(13): 1-20
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1638
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ILVO epifauna en demersale visdata: epifauna en demersale vismonitoring op het Belgisch deel van de Noordzee sinds 1979
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Van Damme, P.A.; Hostens, K.; Ollevier, F.P. (1994). Fish species of the lower Zeeschelde (Belgium): a comparison with historical checklists. Belg. J. Zool. 124(2): 93-103
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Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/mollusca/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=61
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Mees, J. (1994). Het hyperbenthos van ondiepe kustgebieden en estuaria: gemeenschapsstruktuur en biologie van de dominante soorten [The hyperbenthos of shallow coastal waters and estuaries: community structure and biology of the dominant species]. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent. Mariene Biologie. Instituut voor Dierkunde. Vakgroep Morfologie, Systematiek en Ecologie: Gent, Belgium. 212 pp.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=815
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Hamerlynck, O.; Hostens, K.; Arellano, R.V.; Mees, J.; Vandamme, P.A. (1993). The mobile epibenthic fauna of soft bottoms in the Dutch Delta (south-west Netherlands): spatial structure. Pp 343-358 in Meire, P.; Vincx, M. (Ed.): Marine and estuarine gradients: ECSA 21: Proceedings of the 21th Symposium of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association held in Gent, 9-14 september 1991. Neth. J. Aquat. Ecol., 27(2-4). Netherlands Society of Aquatic Ecology: Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1411
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MEDIN (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN, version 1.0.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149081
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Ramos, M. (ed.). 2010. IBERFAUNA. The Iberian Fauna Databank
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149024
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Galil, B.; Goren, M.; Mienis, H. (2011). Checklist of marine species in Israel. Compiled in the framework of the EU FP7 PESI project.
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A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=149025
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Koukouras, Athanasios. (2010). Check-list of marine species from Greece. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Assembled in the framework of the EU FP7 PESI project.
http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=142068
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Breine, J.; Stevens, M.; Van den Bergh, E.; Maes, J. (2011). A reference list of fish species for a heavily modified transitional water: The Zeeschelde (Belgium) Belg. J. Zool. 141(1): 44-55
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=156540
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Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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Atlantic Ocean: Trondheim to Morocco. Also known from the Mediterranean including Black Sea and the Azov Sea (Ref. 57814).
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Maugé, L.A. 1986 Gobiidae. p. 358-388. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4343)
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Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Eastern North Atlantic: Norway to Morocco.
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Physical Description
Morphology
Dorsal spines (total): 4 - 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 113; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 11 - 15
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Whitehead, P.J.P., M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) 1986 Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vols. I-III:1473 p. (Ref. 232)
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Size
Max. size
7.9 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 26260)); max. reported age: 1 years (Ref. 232)
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Whitehead, P.J.P., M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) 1986 Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vols. I-III:1473 p. (Ref. 232)
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Arruda, L.M., J.N. Azevedo and A.I. Neto 1993 Abundance, age-structure and growth, and reproduction of gobies (Pisces: Gobiidae) in the Ria de Aviero Lagoon (Portugal). Estuar. Coastal Shelf Sci. 37:509-523. (Ref. 26260)
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Diagnostic Description
Transparent body, more or less reddish, with chromatophores along bases of median fins and on head. Vertebrae 26-28 (Ref. 232). Males with longer dorsal and anal fins than females (Ref. 35388).
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Whitehead, P.J.P., M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) 1986 Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vols. I-III:1473 p. (Ref. 232)
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 97 m (Ref. 57814), usually 5 - 80 m (Ref. 57814)
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Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)
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Iglesias, M. and B. Morales-Nin 2001 Life cycle of the pelagic goby Aphia minuta (Pisces: Gobiidae). Sci. Mar. 65(3):183-192. (Ref. 57814)
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Depth range based on 159 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 36 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 9.62 - 182
Temperature range (°C): 6.695 - 10.582
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.055 - 10.140
Salinity (PPS): 33.631 - 35.239
Oxygen (ml/l): 5.823 - 6.354
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.387 - 0.763
Silicate (umol/l): 2.391 - 5.880
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 9.62 - 182
Temperature range (°C): 6.695 - 10.582
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.055 - 10.140
Salinity (PPS): 33.631 - 35.239
Oxygen (ml/l): 5.823 - 6.354
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.387 - 0.763
Silicate (umol/l): 2.391 - 5.880
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Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 36 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 9.62 - 182
Temperature range (°C): 6.695 - 10.582
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.055 - 10.140
Salinity (PPS): 33.631 - 35.239
Oxygen (ml/l): 5.823 - 6.354
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.387 - 0.763
Silicate (umol/l): 2.391 - 5.880
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 9.62 - 182
Temperature range (°C): 6.695 - 10.582
Nitrate (umol/L): 2.055 - 10.140
Salinity (PPS): 33.631 - 35.239
Oxygen (ml/l): 5.823 - 6.354
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.387 - 0.763
Silicate (umol/l): 2.391 - 5.880
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Depth: 0 - 80m.
Recorded at 80 meters.
Habitat: demersal.
Recorded at 80 meters.
Habitat: demersal.
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Migration
Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
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Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p. (Ref. 51243)
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Trophic Strategy
Occurs inshore, over sand, mud, eel-grass, etc., from the surface to 70-80 m (Ref. 4696).
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Miller, P.J. 1986 Gobiidae. p. 1019-1085. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4696)
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Life History and Behavior
Life Cycle
Single spawner, all oocytes in the ovaries grow at a similar rate (Ref. 57814). However, a recent study showed that this species breeds at least twice during its short lifespan with batches of oocytes at different vittelogenic stages in the ovary (Ref. 80139).
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Miller, P.J. 1986 Gobiidae. p. 1019-1085. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4696)
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Aphia minuta
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
fisheries: commercial
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Iglesias, M. and B. Morales-Nin 2001 Life cycle of the pelagic goby Aphia minuta (Pisces: Gobiidae). Sci. Mar. 65(3):183-192. (Ref. 57814)
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Wikipedia
Transparent goby
The transparent goby, Aphia minuta, is a fish species of the Gobiidae family. It is the only member of the genus Aphia.
Widespread in the Atlantic Ocean from Trondheim to Morocco, also in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Pelagic species, inhabits the waters with temperature 13-16°C and depth 0–97 m (usually 5–80 m), near the coasts, in the estuaries, on the sandy and muddy bottoms, in foulings.
Gastronomy
This fish is appreciated in Spain as part of the Andalusian, Catalonian and Valencian cuisines.[1] In Andalusia, where they are called chanquetes it is traditionally served deep-fried, with fried eggs and roasted or fried pepper.[2] Due to its rarity and high prize, it is being commercially replaced by some species of Chinese noodlefishes, locally called chanquete chino (Chinese chanquete), Neosalanx tangkahkeii and Protosalanx hyalocranius.[3]
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