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Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758

Black goby
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Gobiiformes (Gobies) > Gobiidae (Gobies) > Gobiinae
Etymology: Gobius: Latin, gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 1 - 96 m (Ref. 86376), usually 1 - 50 m (Ref. 35388). Temperate; 8°C - 24°C (Ref. 4944); 66°N - 20°N, 18°W - 42°E

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Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea: throughout North Africa from Cape Blanc, Mauritania north and eastwards to the Suez Canal; also along the eastern Atlantic coast northwards to Trondheim (Norway) and Baltic Sea. Also known from the Black Sea (Ref. 4646).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 11.4  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86715); max. reported age: 5 years (Ref. 97194)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Neck scaled with a black spot in the front end of each dorsal fin (Ref. 35388); body shape is terete, slightly depressed; eyes situated dorso-laterally; reduced swim bladders (Ref. 92840).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in estuaries, lagoons and inshore waters over sand or mud, in seagrass or on algae (Ref. 4696). Occasionally recorded in freshwater, but there are no documented records of actual occurrence in European freshwaters (Ref. 59043). Feed on crustaceans (larger amphipods, isopods, shrimps, mysids, small crabs), bivalves, gastropods, polychaetes, chironomid larvae, sometimes small fish (Ref. 4696).

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Repeat spawner (Ref. 4696). Male guards eggs.

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Miller, P.J., 1986. Gobiidae. p. 1019-1085. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume 3. UNESCO, Paris. (Ref. 4696)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 July 2014

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 8.3 - 18.8, mean 10.8 °C (based on 1296 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00692 - 0.01000), b=3.10 (3.06 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.19-0.3; tm=0.8-2; tmax=4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Low vulnerability (13 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 61.3 [33.3, 146.3] mg/100g; Iron = 0.399 [0.201, 0.751] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [16.2, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.68 [0.31, 1.30] g/100g; Selenium = 9.2 [4.4, 22.4] μg/100g; VitaminA = 22.1 [6.5, 68.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.896 [0.624, 1.317] mg/100g (wet weight);