| Family: |
Gobiidae (Gobies), subfamily: Gobionellinae |
| Max. size: |
3 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; brackish; marine; depth range 7 - 14 m |
| Distribution: |
Mediterranean Sea: eastward into the Sea of Marmara. |
| Diagnosis: |
Pectoral fin with 14-16 rays; males with several short bars on flank, mostly on lower half; females with 3-4 short bars on flank, mostly on lower half (Ref. 59043); body shape is terete, slightly depressed; eyes situated dorso-laterally; reduced swim bladders (Ref. 92840). |
| Biology: |
Found on sand and gravel in 7 m (Ref. 4696, 92840), muddy sand bottom in 10 m and rock sand ecotone in 14 m; meiofauna feeder; live together with G.geniporus, prefers benthic prey as well as fish and suprabenthic like harticoids and ostracods. (Ref. 92840). Max. length (Robert A. Patzner, pers. comm., 1999). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 12 March 2014 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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