Author: (Chabanaud, 1933)

Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud, 1933)

Diagnosis: see genus. Dl VI (V-VI); D2 I + 10 (9-11); A I + 11 (11-12); P 14 (13-15). Scales in lateral series 24-28. Vertebrae 26 (25-27). First ray of first dorsal fin elongate in males. Colour: body fawn, with numerous short, vertical, dark marks, edged ferruginous in life; 9-10 lateral midline blotches. Size: to 4.35 cm.

Habitat: inshore shallows, on sand. Food: harpacticoid copepods and nematodes; also oligochaetes, gastropods, other meiobenthos. Reproduction: May onwards (Al-Ghardaqa, Red Sea); fecundity 305-408 at 2.7-3.25 cm SL. Lifespan: probably less than 2 years.

Distribution: in the area, immigrant from Suez Canal. Elsewhere, northern Red Sea and Suez Canal, to Bardawil Lagoon, Sinai.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Perciformes
Suborder Gobioidei
Family Gobiidae
Genus Silhouettea
Species Silhouettea aegyptia

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud, 1933)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Silhouettea aegyptia (Chabanaud, 1933)

Synonyms:

Minictenogobiops sinaii Goren, 1978

Common names:

none

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