#2127 · 🐟 fish

Caucasian Dwarf Goby

🇳🇱 Kaukasische dwerggrondel ·Knipowitschia caucasica

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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

1. © davide bellucci · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ковтун Олег · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © davide bellucci · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © stelioskaripidis · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Ελλάδα:© stelioskaripidis · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Netherlands:© Bradley Rasmussen · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Ελλάδα:© stelioskaripidis · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Lelystad, Netherlands:© jvdwinden · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Ελλάδα:© spyrusmt · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Litochoro, Grecia:© Riccardo Novaga · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Kai Maes , the Caucasian dwarf goby , is a species of goby native to marine, fresh and brackish waters along the coasts of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Caspian Sea and the Aegean Sea and to the Haliacmon drainage of Greece. 6 ft)) with plentiful weed growth where it can find its prey consisting of small crustaceans, the larvae of chironomids and the larvae of...

base stats

NL sightings 11iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 32iNaturalist 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).