Gobius niger, Black goby : aquarium

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Gobius niger Linnaeus, 1758

Black goby
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino; salmastro demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 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

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

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 / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm 11.4  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.3 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 86715); Età massima riportata: 5 anni (Ref. 97194)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

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).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biologia     Glossario (es. 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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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: Version 2025-1)

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

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: di nessun interesse; Acquario: Commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 8.3 - 18.8, mean 10.8 °C (based on 1296 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 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 (3.07 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.3   ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (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);