Black goby

Black goby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Gobius
Species:
G. niger
Binomial name
Gobius niger
Synonyms
  • Gobius jozo Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gobius niger jozo Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gobius gorgione Rafinesque, 1810
  • Gobius viridis A. W. Otto, 1821
  • Gobius longiradiatus Risso, 1827
  • Gobius brittanicus W. Thompson, 1837
  • Gobius fuliginosus McCoy, 1841
  • Gobius jozo pontica Kessler, 1859
  • Gobius jozo albescens Canestrini, 1862
  • Gobius jozo nigrescens Canestrini, 1862
  • Gobius punctulatus Cocco, 1884–85
  • Gobius jozo minor Kolombatovic, 1891
  • Gobius jozo major Kolombatovic, 1891
  • Gobius niger hispanicus de Buen, 1928
  • Gobius niger nigerrimus de Buen, 1928

The black goby (Gobius niger) is a species of ray-finned fish found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea. It inhabits estuaries, lagoons, and inshore water over seagrass and algae. It feeds on a variety of invertebrates and sometimes small fish. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

This fish reaches a maximum length of 18 centimetres (7 in) TL. This fish's neck is scaled and both of its dorsal fins have a black spot on the front end.[2]

  1. ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Gobius niger". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198570A21913403. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198570A21913403.en.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gobius niger". FishBase. June 2013 version.