Gobius gasteveni Miller, 1974
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https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2021-453-001 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F625A326-FFF4-E65F-4539-FC22FCF9F983 |
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Felipe |
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Gobius gasteveni Miller, 1974 |
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Gobius gasteveni Miller, 1974 View in CoL
Seven Steven’s gobies, Gobiidae ( Fig. 8D View Figure 8 ), were observed and collected by S.P. Iglésias while scuba diving on 30 Aug 2019 during an excursion targeting fishes inhabiting maerl beds, about 2 km off the Kelenn beach at Caran- tec, Bay of Morlaix (48.688°N, 3.903°W, Finistère), at 3.5- 5.1 m depth at low tide. Seawater bottom temperature was 17°C. The immature individuals were about 25-30 mm TL. A specimen 27 mm TL, 23 mm SL, was preserved with the collection No. MNHN-IC 2021-0150 and a tissue sample was preserved under No. BPS-4288. Adult Steven’s gobies have occasionally been recorded in the English Channel and the southern North Sea in 2017 ( Iglésias et al., 2019), but the ecology and life history of the species are still poorly known. Maerl seabeds in open bays could be a favoured gathering area for the species. Rare to occasional coastal observations of the species were also recorded in 2008-2010 in Plymouth, Bigbury Bay and Lyme Bay ( England) ( Baldock and Kay, 2012).
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