#2209 · 🐟 fish

Giant Goby

🇳🇱 Reuzengrondel ·Gobius cobitis

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © xavibou · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Roberto Pillon · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
6. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. boutalha:© Prat · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Concarneau, France:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
9. 34110 Frontignan, France:© Hubert Lagrange · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ouessant, France:© Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The giant goby ( Gobius cobitis ) is a species of goby native to coastal marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea at depths of from 10 to 35 metres (33 to 115 ft). This species is of minor importance to commercial fisheries and is also popular as a game fish.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,276iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,276 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1814 (212 years ago).