#2239 · 🐟 fish

Slender Goby

🇳🇱 Slanke grondel ·Gobius geniporus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © josepvilanova · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Daniela Kupschus · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Île Calseraigne, France:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
6. Es Jonquet:© Yves Bas · CC BY 4.0
7. Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίου Κωνσταντίνου, Greece:© Lasse R · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. West Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Caramassaigne, Marseille, France:© Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Île Calseraigne, France:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Gobius geniporus , the Slender goby , is a species of goby endemic to the Mediterranean Sea where it can be found in inshore waters to a depth of about 30 metres (98 ft). It lives in areas with sandy or muddy substrates near beds of sea-grass. 3 in) TL.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,338iNaturalist 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.
1,338 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Achille Valenciennes in 1837 (189 years ago).