#2104 · 🐟 fish
Common Gudgeon
🇳🇱 Riviergrondel ·Gobio gobio
📍 Tilburg, Brabant, NL
📍 7795 DB Diffelen, Nederland
📍 Den Hoorn, Netherlands
📍 8432 PD Haule, Nederland
📍 Wijnjewoude, Nederland
📍 7795 DB Diffelen, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Museo de la Ciencia de Valladolid · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Riccardo Novaga · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. © cvrk · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. Tilburg, Brabant, NL:© Mats Douma · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 7795 DB Diffelen, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Den Hoorn, Netherlands:© thundertoadgijs · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 8432 PD Haule, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Wijnjewoude, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 7795 DB Diffelen, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Gobio gobio , or the gudgeon , is a species of fish in the Cyprinidae family. This small fish is widely distributed in fresh-water streams and lakes across central and temperate Eurasia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #33 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 1,980 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Gudgeon
- Nederlands
- Riviergrondel
- scientific name
- Gobio gobio
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Cypriniformes
- family
- Gobionidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 37
- sightings in Europe
- 1,395
- sightings worldwide
- 1,980
- GBIF records in NL
- 24,479
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Gobionidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 101585, Wikidata Q237619, GBIF 4409628, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.