Overview
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Family : Gobies ; With a mature female at 18 mm SL , this is the smallest European freshwater fish. Found at the mouth of tributary streams . Has been observed in small shoals near the surface, over open areas of gravel or stones . Feeds on invertebrates . Spawns from February to May. Is threatened due to water abstraction and pollution (Ref. 26100).
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Nanogovi?s, Nanogovi, Nanogoviós
Common Names in Greek:
Nanogovios, Νανογωβιός
Common Names in Greek, Modern:
Nanogovios, Νανογωβιός
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Nanogovios, Νανογωβιός
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
依柯鰕虎魚, 依柯鰕虎鱼
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
A lacustrine
species. It is the smallest freshwater
European teleost
at maturity: 18 mm with a maximum length
of 25 mm.
It is a semelparous
species dying just after spawning. The males provide parental care.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
()
- Family:
Gobiidae
()
- Genus:
Economidichthys
()
- Bianco, Bullock, Miller & Roubal, 1987
- Specific name:
trichonis
- Economidis & Miller, 1990
- Scientific name: - Economidichthys trichonis Economidis & Miller, 1990
- Specific name:
trichonis
- Economidis & Miller, 1990
- Genus:
Economidichthys
(
- Family:
Gobiidae
(
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 13-Aug-1998
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Economidichthys
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More Info
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B (editors and compilers). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bianco, P.G., Bullock, A.M., Miller, P.J. and Roubal, F.R. 1987. A unique teleost dermal organ in a new European genus of fishes (Teleostei: Gobioidei). Journal of Fish Biology 31: 797–803.
- Daoulas, C., Economou, A.N., Psarras, T. and Barbieri-Tseliki, R. 1993. Reproductive strategies and early development of three freshwater gobies. Journal of Fish Biology 42: 749–776.
- Dimitriou, E., Zacharias I. and Koussouris, Th. 2001. Water resources management plan for Trichonis lake catchment. Final Report. In: I. Zacharias & Th. Koussouris Actions for the protection of calcareous bogs/fens in Trichonis Lake. Technical Report, NCMR/IIW.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- Miller, P.J. (1990). The endurance of endemism: the Mediterranean freshwater gobies and their prospects for survival. J. Fish Biol. 37 (Suppl. A):145-156.
- Molur, S. and S. Walker (eds.) 1998 Freshwater fishes of India. Zoo Outreach Organisation, Tamil Nadu, India.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Economidichthys trichonis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Economidichthys trichonis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Crivelli, A.J. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Economidichthys trichonis. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.redlist.org . Downloaded on 30 January 2005.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 126191
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31808
- Fishbase Species ID: 6339
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 637246
- IUCN ID: 206566
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4577
Footnotes
- Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Economidichthys trichonis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
