Bellotti's goby

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 beds of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica. This species can reach a length of 7.1 centimetres (2.8 in) SL.[2]

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

References

  1. Kovacic, M.; Herler, J. & Williams, J.T. (2014). "Gobius ater". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T194872A49084833. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194872A49084833.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Gobius ater" in FishBase. June 2013 version.


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