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Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Chriolepis: Greek, chrio, chroa, to touch, to rub + Greek, lepis = scale (Ref. 45335); bilix: Name from Latin 'bilix' meaning - with a double thread; referring to the two elongated, threadlike dorsal-fin spines.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 62 - 138 m (Ref. 94726). Tropical
Caribbean: Caribbean Sea and the southeasternmost Gulf of Mexico: northern edge of Little Bahama Bank; off Cape Sable, SW Florida; Tobago Island and NE Colombia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94726); 3.2 cm SL (female)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Anal
spines: 1;
Anal
soft rays: 10 - 11;
Vertebrae: 27. This robust, large-eyed species is distinguished by the following characters: D2 I,11; A 11-12; pectoral-fin rays 19-20; body extensively scaled, with mid-lateral scales extending from just behind pectoral-fin axil to caudal-fin base; most scales are weakly ctenoid; cycloid scales on belly, in first row along dorsal- and anal-fin bases, and in anteriormost lateral row; well developed fifth pelvic-fin ray and is slightly greater in length than second pelvic-fin ray; relatively deep body; first and second dorsal-fin spines are greatly elongated, especially in females; first spine reaching posterior end of second dorsal-fin base in female holotype; first two anal-fin pterygiophores are inserted anterior to first haemal spine (Ref. 94726).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Hastings, P.A. and L.T. Findley, 2013. Chriolepis bilix, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from deep waters of western Atlantic. Zootaxa 3745(5):596-600. (Ref. 94726)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 120744)
CITES (Ref. 118484)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00603 (0.00271 - 0.01339), b=3.09 (2.91 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.3 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100) .