#2138 · 🐟 fish
Monkey Goby
🇳🇱 Pontische stroomgrondel ·Neogobius fluviatilis
📍 Ефремовский р-н, Тульская обл., Россия
📍 8152 Lemelerveld, Nederland
📍 Bilohirsk District, Crimea, UA
📍 Минский район, Минская область, Беларусь
📍 De Fryske Marren, Nederland
📍 Lipliavs'ka, Cherkasy Oblast, UA
📍 Голосеевский район, Киев, Украина, 02000
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Artem · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Yurij Ivancea · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © viridiflavus · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Ефремовский р-н, Тульская обл., Россия:© Соколков Юрий Павлович · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 8152 Lemelerveld, Nederland:© levi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Bilohirsk District, Crimea, UA:© Danila Melentev · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Минский район, Минская область, Беларусь:© ognevit · CC BY 4.0
- 8. De Fryske Marren, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Lipliavs'ka, Cherkasy Oblast, UA:© катя мороз · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Голосеевский район, Киев, Украина, 02000:© Viktor Strenada · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The monkey goby ( Neogobius fluviatilis ) is a species of goby native to the basins of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
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
- Spotted 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 399 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1814 (212 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Monkey Goby
- Nederlands
- Pontische stroomgrondel
- scientific name
- Neogobius fluviatilis
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Gobiiformes
- family
- Gobiidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 8
- sightings in Europe
- 319
- sightings worldwide
- 399
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,540
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1814 by Peter Simon Pallas
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
#2203 📷 9Incognito Goby
Gobius incognitus
LC 🌍 3.7k seen
#2209 📷 10Giant Goby
🇳🇱 Reuzengrondel
Gobius cobitis
LC 🌍 3.3k seen
#2239 📷 10Slender Goby
🇳🇱 Slanke grondel
Gobius geniporus
LC 🌍 1.3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 106742, Wikidata Q924985, GBIF 2379105, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.