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🌿 Brackish Least Concern 🌡️ Tropical

Leptophilypnus Fluviatilis

Leptophilypnus fluviatilis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
Max Length
6.4 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3.2
Depth
-
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
17.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
demersal

📖 Overview

An estuarine species reported from muddy brackish creek on the Atlantic versant of Panama in the Canal zone. Those collected from Tortuguero Lagoon estuary were from open shallow bays, 0.6 m or less in depth, with bottom varying from open to having filamentous algae and some submerged and floating vegetation, and from narrow shorelines (steep slope and few shallows) with much emergent, submerged and floating vegetation .

Scientific Name
Leptophilypnus fluviatilis
Authority
Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
Habitat
Brackish
Climate
Tropical
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
6.4 cm
Trophic Level
3.2
Resilience
High
Vulnerability
17.00/100

🔬 Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Gobiiformes
Gobiiformes
Family
Eleotridae
Eleotridae
Genus
Leptophilypnus
Leptophilypnus
Species
Leptophilypnus Fluviatilis
Leptophilypnus fluviatilis

🐟 Physical Description

Physical description for Leptophilypnus Fluviatilis is currently being compiled.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Leptophilypnus Fluviatilis is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus

🥚 Reproduction

🐣 Oviparous 📦 Batch Spawner
Spawning Season
spring-summer
Spawn Location
Substrate
Fertilization
External

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Brackish; demersal. Tropical Central Atlantic: Honduras to Panama.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
🌿 Brackish ⬇️ Benthic
Trophic Level
3.2±0.5

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00741 × L3.13 (TL)
Max TL
6.4cm

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2020

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
High
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
17.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.2
Predator
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Meek & Hildebrand, 1916

🗺️ Global Occurrence Map

Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 6 records indexed .

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