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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Gobiodon: Latin, gobius = gudgeon + Greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335); acicularis: Named for its elongate spine of the first dorsal fin..
More on authors: Harold & Winterbottom.

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Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 10 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical

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Western Central Pacific: Belau [=Palau] to Indonesia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13690)

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Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9. Only species in the genus with a filamentous first dorsal spine. (Ref. 37816); characterized by yellowish-brown to black color including fins; triangular first dorsal fin, prolonged and filamentous at apex; absence of scales; complete pelvic fin frenum and basal membrane; pelvic fin reaching anus; depth of body at pelvic fin level 2.0-2.5 in SL (Ref. 90102).

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Specimens were collected from coral-enclosed area and reef bordering eel-grass flat (Ref. 13690). Also found among branches of hard corals including Echinopora horrida, E.mammiformis and Hydnophora rigida (Ref 90102).

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Harold, A.S. and R. Winterbottom, 1995. Gobiodon acicularis, a new species of gobioid fish (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Belau, Micronesia. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 108(4):687-694. (Ref. 13690)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Near Threatened (NT) (A2c); Date assessed: 28 June 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom, 1995