Bellotti's goby

Bellotti's goby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Gobius
Species: G. ater
Binomial name
Gobius ater
Bellotti, 1888
Synonyms
  • Gobius balearicus Lozano y Rey, 1919

Gobius ater, Bellotti's goby, is a species of goby native to the Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands and the Gulf of Lion to Nice and Sardinia. It occurs in shallow waters and lagoons where it prefers eelgrass beds. This species can reach a length of 7.1 centimetres (2.8 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. Francour, P., Bilecenoglu, M. & Bariche, M. and Molinari, A. 2011. Gobius ater. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 28 August 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Gobius ater" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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