Gastrocyathus gracilis — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Gobiesociformes/Gobiesocidae/Gastrocyathus

At a glance

Occurrence records75

Data sources9

Biological traits7

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Gastrocyathus gracilis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility40 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System35 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS75 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The Slender clingfish, Gastrocyathus gracilis, is a clingfish of the family Gobiesocidae, the only species in the genus Gastrocyathus. This species grows to a length of 4.5 cm TL. Endemic to New Zealand, this species is apparently only found in beds of strap-fronded algae. Harpacticoid copepods comprise the main component of their diet.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAnAgeFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length4.5 cm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Max. longevity48 months

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Other traits3

Depth max7 m

Depth min0 m

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Gastrocyathus gracilis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type75 records

Wild obs. + sensor13

Museum / vouchered62

Origin

Native6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO120 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit10

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 1.5 m · max 15 m · 10 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 2

11 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor13

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy55% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 12≤10 km 16>10 km 1

38 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence62

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Auckland, NZ	16
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	5
CASlocation not on record	3
	2
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	1
Washington, US	1
Los Angeles, US	1

7 institutions · 29 of 62 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Gastrocyathus gracilis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.