Diademichthys lineatus (Sauvage, 1883)

Urchin clingfish

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Classification	Actinopterygii \| Gobiesociformes \| Gobiesocidae \| Gobiesocinae
Synonyms	Crepidogaster lineatum, Coronichthys ornata, Diademichthys deversor, ... more
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AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

Main reference

Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene. 1990. (Ref. 2334)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2334)

Environment

Reef-associated; marine

Climate / Range

Tropical

Western Indian Ocean: Oman (Ref. 11441) and Mauritius (Ref. 33390). Western Pacific: Indonesia to Fiji and Tonga (Ref. 53797), north to southern Japan (Ref. 559), south to northern Australia.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14. Distinguished by its long spatulate snout and slender shape; reddish or brown with a pair of yellow stripes on upper half of the head and body.

Lives in close association with long-spined sea urchins or branching corals of sheltered reefs (Ref. 9710). Juvenile fish eat pedicellariae and sphaeridia of the host Diadema and commensal copepods; adult fish eat burrowing bivalves in corals as well as tube feet of their host and eggs of a commercial shrimp (Ref. 33619).


IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 57073)	Threat to humans
Not Evaluated	Harmless

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Estimation of some characteristics with mathematical models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)

PD₅₀ = 1.0000

Resilience (Ref. 69278)

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


Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)	Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low to moderate vulnerability (27 of 100)	Not marketed/unknown

Entered by Capuli, Estelita Emily

Modified by Sa-a, Pascualita

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