Steinitz's goby
| Steinitz's goby | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiinae |
| Genus: | Gammogobius Bath, 1971 |
| Species: | G. steinitzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gammogobius steinitzi Bath, 1971 | |
Steinitz's goby (Gammogobius steinitzi) is a species of goby. It is native to the Mediterranean Sea near Marseilles.[2] Recently recorded in the Adriatic Sea in Croatia,[3] Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy,[4] and in the Black Sea in Ukraine.[5] This species can be found in underwater grottoes in inshore waters at depths of from 2 to 15 metres (6.6 to 49.2 ft). It can reach a length of 3.8 centimetres (1.5 in) SL.[2]
References
- ↑ Francour, P., Bilecenoglu, M. & Bariche, Tunesi, L. and Goren, M. 2011. Gammogobius steinitzi. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 August 2013.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Gammogobius steinitzi" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ Kovačić M. (1999) Gammogobius steinitzi Bath, 1971, a fish new to the Adriatic Sea. Natura Croatica, Vol.8 No.1: 1-7.
- ↑ AHNELT H., HERLER J., SCSEPKA S., PATZNER R.A. 1998, First records of two rare Mediterranean Gobiidae in the northern Tyrrhenian Sea. Cybium, vol. 22, no 2, pp. 183-186
- ↑ Kovtun O.A. (2012) First records goby Gammogobius steinitzi Bath, 1971 (Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Gobiidae) in coastal grottoes of the western Crimea (Black Sea) (A preliminary report). Marine Ecological Journal, 3(11): 56. (in Russian)
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