#2257 · 🐟 fish
Yellow-headed Goby
🇳🇱 Geelkopgrondel ·Gobius xanthocephalus
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what is it?
2 ft) and can be found living under stones. 9 in) TL.
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 797 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1992 (34 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Yellow-headed Goby
- Nederlands
- Geelkopgrondel
- scientific name
- Gobius xanthocephalus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Gobiiformes
- family
- Gobiidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 765
- sightings worldwide
- 797
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1992
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Gobiidae
#2079 📷 10Black Goby
🇳🇱 Zwarte grondel
Gobius niger
LC 👀 133 in NL
#2083 📷 7Round Goby
🇳🇱 Zwartbekgrondel
Neogobius melanostomus
LC 👀 112 in NL
#2091 📷 10Western Tubenose Goby
🇳🇱 Marmergrondel
Proterorhinus semilunaris
LC 👀 71 in NL
#2126 📷 9Transparent Goby
🇳🇱 Glasgrondel
Aphia minuta
LC 👀 11 in NL
#2130 📷 10Rock Goby
🇳🇱 Paganelgrondel
Gobius paganellus
LC 👀 9 in NL
#2138 📷 10Monkey Goby
🇳🇱 Pontische stroomgrondel
Neogobius fluviatilis
LC 👀 8 in NL
#2203 📷 9Incognito Goby
Gobius incognitus
LC 🌍 3.7k seen
#2209 📷 10Giant Goby
🇳🇱 Reuzengrondel
Gobius cobitis
LC 🌍 3.3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 101626, Wikidata Q1398089, GBIF 2376555, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.