Common goby
📖 Overview
Adullts enter estuaries, salt marshes and pools ; usually on sand or mud . They live in sea as well as brackish waters and migrates into limnetic sections of rivers . Also in rock pools where they feed mainly on epibenthic meiofauna like harpacticoids and small amphipods ; small crustaceans, worms, chironomid larvae and mites . They burrow to survive low water levels and to avoid predators . Mature individuals spawn after first winter, at sea, in February - September, depending on latitude; individual females spawn several times during a season. Adhesive eggs (0.9 x 0.7 mm) are deposited under or between stones, shells and aquatic plants and males guard the eggs until hatching. Juveniles enter freshwater habitats in late summer to forage . Males defend and aerate the eggs for about 9 days.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8 - 11; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7 - 10; Vertebrae: 30 - 32. This species is distinguished from other gobies in European freshwaters by the following characters: males with conspicuous dark proximal posterior spot on first dorsal; with cephalic lateral line canals; anterior oculoscapular canal extending to snout; branched rays in second dorsal 8-10.5; anal origin below simple of first branched ray of D2; total scales in midlateral series 39-52; completely scaled postdorsal body; caudal rounded . No scales in front of the first dorsal fin ; body shape is terete, slightly depressed; eyes situated dorso-laterally; reduced swim bladders .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Common goby is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Common goby is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Benthic spawner .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; anadromous ; depth range 0 - 12 m . Temperate; 8°C - 24°C ; 64°N - 20°N, 19°W - 31°E
🌿 Ecology
epibenthic meiofauna like harpacticoids and small amphipods (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobius gracilis | Couch | 1863 | Synonym |
| Gobius laticeps | Moreau | 1881 | Synonym |
| Gobius microps | Krøyer | 1838 | Homotypic |
| Gobius microps microps | Krøyer | 1838 | Synonym |
| Gobius microps puckensis | Lawacz | 1965 | Heterotypic |
| Gobius minutus minor | Heincke | 1880 | Synonym |
| Gobius parnelli | Day | 1881 | Synonym |
| Gobius pusillus | Lowe | 1874 | Heterotypic |
| Pomatoschistus microps microps | Krøyer | 1838 | Synonym |
| Pomatoschistus microps tipo | de Buen | 1931 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 59 records indexed .
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