#2090 · 🐟 fish
Common Goby
🇳🇱 Brakwatergrondel ·Pomatoschistus microps
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- 7. © Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 8. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
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what is it?
The common goby ( Pomatoschistus microps ) is a species of ray-finned fish native to fresh and brackish waters along the Atlantic and Baltic Sea coasts of Europe and northern Africa, with a range stretching from Norway to Morocco and Mauritania. It is also found in the Canary Islands. 5 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
- Spotted 77 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #19 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 1,290 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Henrik Nikolai Krøyer in 1838 (188 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Goby
- Nederlands
- Brakwatergrondel
- scientific name
- Pomatoschistus microps
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Gobiiformes
- family
- Oxudercidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 77
- sightings in Europe
- 575
- sightings worldwide
- 1,290
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,441
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1838 by Henrik Nikolai Krøyer
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Oxudercidae
#2086 📷 10Two-spotted Goby
🇳🇱 Blonde grondel
Pomatoschistus flavescens
LC 👀 99 in NL
#2101 📷 9Sand Goby
🇳🇱 Dikkopje
Pomatoschistus minutus
LC 👀 39 in NL
#2127 📷 10Caucasian Dwarf Goby
🇳🇱 Kaukasische dwerggrondel
Knipowitschia caucasica
LC 👀 11 in NL
#2134 📷 10Painted Goby
🇳🇱 Kleurige grondel
Pomatoschistus pictus
LC 👀 8 in NL
#2244 📷 10Marbled Goby
Pomatoschistus marmoratus
LC 🌍 1.2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 110042, Wikidata Q582842, GBIF 2379280, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.