Marbled goby (Pomatoschistus marmoratus) Description Picture of Pomatoschistus marmoratus
Date 13 February 2009
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Pomatoschistus marmoratus, Marbled goby, is a species of goby native to the eastern Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay down around the Iberian Peninsula through the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is also found in the Suez Canal in Egypt. It occurs in marine and brackish waters on sandy substrates at depths of from 20 to 70 metres. It can reach a length of 8 centimetres TL though most do not exceed 5 centimetres TL. Order: Perciformes, Family: Gobiidae, Subfamily: Gobiinae.
Synonyms:
Atherina marmorata A. Risso, 1810
Gobius marmoratus (A. Risso, 1810)
Gobius reticulatus Valenciennes, 1837
Gobius leopardinus Nordmann, 1840
Pomatoschistus microps leopardinus (Nordmann, 1840)
Gobius rhodopterus Günther, 1861
Gobius ferrugineus Kolombatović, 1891
Syrrhothonus charrieri Chabanaud, 1933