Comparison of ecological and life history information on gobiid fishes, with emphasis on the southeastern United States

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• Personal Author:
  Darcy, George H.
• Corporate Authors:
  Southeast Fisheries Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
• Description:
  Fishes of the family Gobiidae are numerous and diverse, although they share certain similarities in their life histories. This paper compares several of these aspects: temperature and salinity tolerance ranges, food habits, sizes and ages at maturation, maximum sizes, maximum ages, spawning seasons, number of spawnings, intervals between spawning, fecundities, egg sizes, incubation periods, lengths of newly-hatched larvae, times until metamorphosis, and lengths of larvae at metamorphosis. Gobiids are important as aquarium fishes and are used to some extent as food and bait, though their major importance is probably their role in nearshore and pelagic food chains.
• Content Notes:
  George H. Darcy.
  
  "March 1980."
  
  Also available online in PDF format via the NOAA Central Library database.
  
  Includes bibliographical references (leaves 42-53).
  
  
• Keywords:
  Fishes Gobiidae Habitat Life Cycles Life Cycles
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-SEFC   15
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  Southern States
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e46825f682cfddea593d383cd61bc64bd1f1b9022adf9fb77261d8a3a5c616ed
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/5380/noaa_5380_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.69 MB ]