Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Toplettet kutling
Common Names in English:
spotted goby, Two-spotted goby, twospotted goby
Common Names in Estonian:
Kirju Mudil
Common Names in Faroese:
Tv, Tvíprikkuti stubbi
Common Names in Finnish:
Seitsenruototokko
Common Names in French:
Gobie , Gobie Nageur, Gobie nageuse
Common Names in Gaelic, Irish:
Mac siobháin buí
Common Names in German:
Schnappgrundel, Schnappk, Schnappküling, Schwimmgrundel
Common Names in Greek:
Γωβιός, Κηλιδογωβιός, Κωβιός
Common Names in Irish:
Mac siobháin buí
Common Names in Italian:
Ghiozzetto bipuntato
Common Names in Latvian:
Divplankumu Jurasgrundulis
Common Names in Lithuanian:
Dvidemis Grundalelis
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
黃體尻鰕虎魚, 黄体尻鰕虎鱼
Common Names in Norwegian:
Tangkutling
Common Names in Polish:
Babka czarnoplamka
Common Names in Spanish:
Gobio nadador
Common Names in Swedish:
Sjustr, Sjustrålig smörbult
Common Names in Turkish:
Beneklikaya balığı
Description
Habitat
Found inshore in groups around over-grown structures and among Laminaria or Zostera beds .
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 547 meters (0 to 1,795 feet).[1]
Biology
Diet
Feeds on small crustaceans (copepods , amphipods , mysids ) and chaetognaths [2].
Reproduction
Eggs are about 1 mm long, pear-shaped, and adhere to seagrass or weeds ; pelagic larvae hatch at 2.5 mm length [3].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
()
- Family:
Gobiidae
()
- Genus:
Gobiusculus
()
- Duncker, 1928
- Specific name:
flavescens
- Scientific name: - Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius, 1779)
- Specific name:
flavescens
- Genus:
Gobiusculus
(
- Family:
Gobiidae
(
- Suborder:
Gobioidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Coryphopterus flavescens (Fabricius • Gobius flavescens Fabricius • Gobius ruthensparri Euphrasen • Gobiusculus flavescens • Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius, 1779)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gobiusculus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. flavescens (Two-Spotted Goby)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 110, p. 113, p. 83, p. 85, p. 87.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 615, p. 617, p. 997.
- Spixiana. 9 1986 München: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 1977- url p. 231.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 467.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 12, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
- Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Fishes
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Swedish Board of Fisheries
- - Institute of Coastal Research
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Countryside Council for Wales - Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Marine Biological Association - Marine survey data
- held by MarLIN.
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 127850
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-22761
- Fishbase Species ID: 74
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4985503
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 171974
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 111618
Footnotes
- Mean = 7.340 meters (24.081 feet), Standard Deviation = 437.800 based on 1,398 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- 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. [back]
- Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen (1999). Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p. [back]
