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Four Spotted Goby

Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus (Valenciennes 1837)

Diagnostic Description

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Distinguished by the following characteristics: Fins: Dl V - IV (V:l, VI: 29), D2 1/7 - 10 (7: 1, 9: 28,10:1), A 1/9 - 10 (9: 28, 10:2), P 18 - 20 (18: 19, 19: 8, 20: 3). Scales: LL 33 - 36 (33:1, 34: 8, 35: 14, 36: 5, d: 2) (Ref. 86376)
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Rodolfo B. Reyes
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Trophic Strategy

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Inshore, benthic species (Ref. 122951). Generally lives in muddy bottoms at depths of 10-90 m (Ref. 104892). Usually dredged on soft bottom -- mud, muddy sand, or sand (Ref. 122951). Also found in a coastal lagoon (Ref. 122950). Commonly feeds on polychaetes and natantian decapod (Ref. 104982).
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Grace Tolentino Pablico
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Biology

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Epibenthic over sand or muddy sand (Ref. 5299). Meiofauna feeder (Ref. 92840). Up to depth of 90 m (Ref. 5299) but collected up to depth of 333 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Minimum depth from Ref. 104982.
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Pascualita Sa-a
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