Overview
Family : Gobies ; Found offshore on mud and coarse shell deposits (Ref. 4696). Can hybridize with Pomatoschistus lozanoi[1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Croatian:
Norve, Norveški glavoc
Common Names in Danish:
Norsk kutling
Common Names in English:
Norway goby, Norwegian goby
Common Names in Finnish:
Norjantokko
Common Names in French:
Gobie Norv, Petit Gobie Svelte
Common Names in German:
Norwegengrundel
Common Names in Greek:
Γωβιός, Γωβιός Νορβηγίας
Common Names in Italian:
Ghiozzetto norvegese
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
長臀鰕虎魚, 长臀鰕虎鱼
Common Names in Norwegian:
Mudderkutling
Common Names in Russian:
бычок норвежский
Common Names in Spanish:
Gobio noruego
Common Names in Swedish:
Dystubb
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,651 meters (0 to -11,978 feet).[2]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Perciformes
()
- Family:
ore on mud and coarse shell deposits (Ref.
4696
()
- Genus:
Pomatoschistus
()
- Gill, 1864
- Specific name:
norvegicus
- Scientific name: - Pomatoschistus norvegicus (Collett, 1902)
- Specific name:
norvegicus
- Genus:
Pomatoschistus
(
- Family:
ore on mud and coarse shell deposits (Ref.
4696
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Gobius elongatus Canestrini • Gobius minutus norvegicus • Gobius minutus norvegicus Collett • Gobius minutus norvegicus Collett, 1902 • Pomatoschistus norvegicus • Pomatoschistus norvegicus (Collett 1903)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Year from Eschmeyer, pers. comm.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pomatoschistus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. canestrinii (Canestrini's Goby) · P. knerii (Kner's Goby) · P. lozanoi (Lozano's Goby) · P. marmoratus (Marbled Goby) · P. microps (Common Goby) · P. microps microps (Common Goby) · P. minutus (Freckled Goby) · P. minutus minutus (Freckled Goby) · P. montenegrensis (Skadar Goby) · P. norvegicus (Norwegian Goby) · P. pictus (Painted Goby) · P. pictus pictus (Painted Goby) · P. quagga (Quagga Goby) · P. tortonesei (Tortonese's Goby)
More Info
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Further Reading
- 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.
- Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(1):1-37.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Collette, Bruce B. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 135973
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23738
- Fishbase Species ID: 1346
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4490920
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 171983
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 121475
Footnotes
- Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen (1999). Sea fish. Scandinavian Fishing Year Book, Hedehusene, Denmark. 340 p. [back]
- Mean = -318.040 meters (-1,043.438 feet), Standard Deviation = 721.390 based on 124 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
