Gouania willdenowi Blunt-snouted clingfish

Gouania willdenowi is commonly referred to as Blunt-snouted clingfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Dr. Robert A. Patzner, Österreich

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Scientific:: Gouania willdenowi
German:: Stumpfschnäuziger Schildbauch
English:: Blunt-snouted Clingfish

Category:: Dobbeltsugerfisk

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gobiesociformes (Order) > Gobiesocidae (Family) > Gouania (Genus) > willdenowi (Species)
Initial determination:: (Risso, ), 1810

Occurrence:: Tunesien, the Black Sea, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Corsica, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lybia, Northern Africa, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey
Marine Zone:: Supratidal (Supralitoral), spray water area (splash water area) above the tidal influence where the influence of the sea clearly outweighs that of the land.
Sea depth:: 0 - 2 Meter
Habitats:: Gravel soil, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rubble floors, Tide pools / rock pools
Size:: up to 1.97" (5 cm)
Temperature:: 63.86 °F - 71.24 °F (17.7°C - 21.8°C)
Food:: Food specialist
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Gouania acreana
Gouania adenophora
Gouania alnifolia
Gouania ambrensis
Gouania andamanica
Gouania aphrodes
Gouania aptera
Gouania australiana
Gouania blanchetiana
Gouania callmanderi
Gouania canescens
Gouania colombiana
Gouania conzattii
Gouania cornifolia
Gouania corylifolia
Gouania croatii
Gouania cupreifolia
Gouania cupuliflora
Gouania discolor
Gouania efatensis
Gouania ekmanii
Gouania eurycarpa
Gouania exilis
Gouania ferruginea
Gouania frangulifolia
Gouania gautieri
Gouania guiengolensis
Gouania hillebrandii
Gouania hillii
Gouania humbertii
Gouania hypoglauca
Gouania inornata
Gouania javanica
Gouania latifolia
Gouania laxiflora
Gouania leptostachya
Gouania leratii
Gouania lineata
Gouania longipetala
Gouania longispicata
Gouania lupuloides
Gouania mangarevica
Gouania mauritiana
Gouania meyenii
Gouania microcarpa
Gouania myriocarpa
Gouania napalensis
Gouania obamana
Gouania pannigera
Gouania perrieri
Gouania phillipsonii
Gouania polygama
Gouania pubidisca
Gouania pyrifolia
Gouania richii
Gouania riparia
Gouania rosei
Gouania rumicina
Gouania scandens
Gouania stipularis
Gouania striata
Gouania taolagnarensis
Gouania tiliifolia
Gouania trichodonta
Gouania ulmifolia
Gouania velutina
Gouania vitifolia
Gouania willdenowi
Stumpfschnäuziger Schildbauch
Gouania wurdackii
Gouania zebrifolia

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-08-25 12:26:55
Last edit:: 2024-11-30 07:11:57

Info

(Risso, 1810)

Distribution
Mediterranean Sea: Syria west to Alicante, Spain

Biology
Inhabits shallow waters

Synonymised taxa:
Gouana pigra Nardo, 1860
Gouania prototypus Nardo, 1833
Gouania wildenowi (Risso, 1810) (misspelling)
Lepadogaster piger Nardo, 1827
Lepadogaster willdenowi Risso, 1810
Leptopterygius coccoi Troschel, 1860
Rupisuga nicensis Swainson, 1839

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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