Marbled goby

Marbled goby
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Gobiinae
Genus: Pomatoschistus
Species: P. marmoratus
Binomial name
Pomatoschistus marmoratus
(A. Risso, 1810)
Synonyms
  • Atherina marmorata A. Risso, 1810
  • Gobius marmoratus (A. Risso, 1810)
  • Gobius reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837
  • Gobius leopardinus Nordmann, 1840
  • Pomatoschistus microps leopardinus (Nordmann, 1840)
  • Gobius rhodopterus Günther, 1861
  • Gobius ferrugineus Kolombatović, 1891
  • Syrrhothonus charrieri Chabanaud, 1933

Pomatoschistus marmoratus, Marbled goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay down around the Iberian Peninsula through the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is also found in the Suez Canal in Egypt. It occurs in marine and brackish waters on sandy substrates at depths of from 20 to 70 metres (66 to 230 ft). It can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL though most do not exceed 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pomatoschistus marmoratus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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