#2086 · 🐟 fish

Two-spotted Goby

🇳🇱 Blonde grondel ·Pomatoschistus flavescens

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Cathy Hollingdale · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bernard Picton · CC BY 4.0
4. © Bianca Bahlert · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Libby Keatley · CC BY 4.0
6. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 4675 RB Sint Philipsland, Nederland:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Den Osse, Schouwen-Duiveland, Nederland:© Lynn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Grevelingen, Brouwershaven, Zeeland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

The two-spotted goby ( Pomatoschistus flavescens ) is a species of goby native to marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean where it can be found from the Faeroes and Norway to the northwestern coast of Spain. It has also been recorded from Estonia though records from the Mediterranean Sea are uncertain. They are common on all coasts of the United Kingdom. 4 in) TL.

base stats

NL sightings 99iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,085iNaturalist 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).