Gillichthys mirabilis, Longjaw mudsucker : bait

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Gillichthys mirabilis Cooper, 1864

Longjaw mudsucker
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobionellinae
Etymology: Gillichthys: Theodore Nicolas Gill (1837-1914) researcher of abyssal fishes and systematics + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 4 - ? m (Ref. 96339). Subtropical; 42°N - 20°N, 125°W - 106°W

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Eastern Pacific: California, northern to central Gulf of California.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); common length : 13.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193); max. reported age: 2.00 years (Ref. 56049)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Inhabits tidal flats, bays and coastal sloughs. Prefers mud bottom in shallow water. Non-emerging air-breather (Ref. 31184). Oviparous (Ref. 56079). Males guard the eggs which are found attached to the walls of brood chamber (Ref. 56079).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Female lays several thousand club-shaped eggs in nest built by male. Male guards eggs during 10-12 day incubation.

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 13 February 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Bait: usually
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 14.5 - 25.9, mean 22.3 °C (based on 138 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00506 - 0.01977), b=3.10 (2.93 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.35 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=2;).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (11 of 100).