#2240 · 🐟 fish

Red-mouthed Goby

🇳🇱 Roodbekgrondel ·Gobius cruentatus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Pierre Rouillan · CC BY 4.0
2. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
3. © Alphons · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © mnolito · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
6. GP22+V8, Loughine, Co. Cork, Ireland:© Éabha Hughes · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 83990 Saint-Tropez, France:© alizeefrezel · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Calanque de l'Œil, Marseille, France:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
9. 66650 Banyuls-sur-Mer, France:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
10. Illes Medes, El Tascó Petit:© Jean-Paul Cassez · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Gobius cruentatus , the Red-mouthed goby , is a species of goby native to the Eastern Atlantic Ocean from southwestern Ireland to the coasts of Morocco and Senegal, and also in the Mediterranean Sea where it occurs in inshore waters at depths of from 15 to 40 metres (49 to 131 ft) in areas with rocky or sandy substrates or in meadows of sea-grass. 1 in) TL. It can also be...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,308iNaturalist 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.
1,308 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 (237 years ago).